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The Necessity for Leve .. Sidney H. Beard The W«y we Lire Now E. GrevilU BarrtTigton For Health and Home Dr Josiah Oldfield, Af.A.,
D.C.Z., \f. R. C. S. , Z. R. C. P. How to Overcome Aosmla ... A Physician The Thwarting of Nature ... Mrs. Hodgkinson Creative Thought Sti William Barrett, F.R.S. The Need for Diet Reform In Schools Captain Halter Carey, R.N. Editorial Notes The Passing of General Booth—Another Cancer Remedy- Die i"— Why Prematurely Food Products and their Purity. The Russian Dancers 103 The Advent of the Super-Ceoii ... William/. TuU 104
Scientific Food Products ...... 106 The Treatment of Inebriates by Diet Mrs. Bramwell Booth 107 By the Way ._ ...... Mrs. Hodgkinson 109 Science Christian and the Humane Lite .„ ... m Novel Ways of Serving Vegetables ...... 112 The Great Popularity ADMIRAL LORD of CHARLES BERESFORD N IS due entirely to its supreme excellence. It has been tried ior years by Food Retormers and others and is found to oe the most writes : perfect cooking fat known. Pure, white and tasteless. Free from water and preservatives. 'McCLINTON'S SOAP Goes much farther and is much nicer and more wholesomethan ordinary butter. Ideal for frying^. Makes the most delicious pastn.' and puddings. 1^ lb. pa.Ckete, Is the best I have Is. 31b. tinSf 28. Id* Special prices for Urg-e consumers. ever used; I shall MAPLETON'S FRITTER MIXTURE is made in rarieties The always use it." three :—MjLD, PIQUANT and WALNUT. latter is just introduced and is already very popular on account of its Bavour. Fritter Mix- ture can be prepared c :30C for table in a few minutes, requirintr only the addition of water before frying. " Its MAHJSItlNli Lord Rosemead— I like your Soaps, but am specially delicious flavour, with the Cream and Hibernia together with its pleased Shaving high nutritive value Shaving Soap, both of which I consider really and easy method of excellent." preparing, charms " food reformers and The Bishop of Bath and Wells— Has found the converts their meat- Shaving Cream supplied to him by McClintons, of eatiBg friends, who find it just the quite the best he has ever used. The step- Donaghmore, ping-stone they need Colleen and Sheila Soaps are very good, and are to a better diet. much appreciated by those in his household who have used them." FOODS Sold in packets are made from the purest and fine-'^t materials TettimoniaU from oter JOO other Peert and Peereua. ilb..2id.; under hygienic conditions and by scrupulously clean processes. 1 lb., 9d. ; They give the maximum of nourishment with the McCLINTON'S SOAP is the only Soap in the and 31b. tin minimum ot trouble and are as economical as tney are health World made from Vegetable Oils and Plant 28. Id.; giving. pure They include Nut Meats and Nut Soups, Nut Ash. Its use keeps the skin soft, clear and smooth. 6 lb. tins, 4e. Butters and Creams. Fruitarian Cakes and Caramels, Nut «tc. Shaving Cream, Opal Jars, 1 - and 6d.; Hibernia Sticks and Cakes, etc., Tins, 1;- each. From ail Chemiets. SAIWIDLirQ of FRITTER MIXTL'RE, COOKIN 'I NUTTER. ^'^^^^^^ GRAVY ESSENCH. and NIT GRAVY with a complete! list of MAPLETON'S NLT FOODS sent post free for 6d. McCLINTONS, Ltd., Donaghmore, MentIdD "Tbt Herald ot the Golden Age." IREI.AND. MAPLETON'S NUT FOOD CO., Ltd., Garston, LIverpooL
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A total abstainer from flesh-food and an advocate of natural and humane diet, his energy and ceaseless labour for the good of mankind were phenomenal until his death at the age of 83 years. great prophets of our race concerning its dynamic for Love. power, very little is said in these days about the ' Tbe Necessity ' one thing needful for the transformation of this world into Paradise. but when we ife presents many tragedies, gauge Nothing can redeem, uplift, and bring forth all there is t and analyse things carefully, really that is best in human kind like the sense of loving more than the of the beloved some other soul with all nothing pathetic tragedy — and being by ; yet unloved our modern panaceas for promoting mundane ihe lot of amelioration, scarcely any effort is made to extol, human increase, and provide channels for the outpouring beings of this marvellous Force. doomed Men and women are ever ready to dedicate to a lonely themselves to Art, Religion, Politics, Business or and love- Science, but how few think it worth while to live less exist- that they may manifest love, sympathy and ence. help to other souls—and seek to meet this, the live To world's deepest and most real need. Not by contin u - almsgiving, preaching, reforming, endowing, slum- with- ously ming, nursing, and such means alone, although these t ex- ou forms of ministration all have their efficacy and or pressing value, but by loving in such a manner as to quench withers the best faculties in receiving affection the thirst and satisfy the hunger of some at least human nature, renders the daily round of duty a of the teeming multitudes of the unloved. For and makes attainment of wearisome performance, love is the reviving spirit of life. almost that plane where joy abounds impossible. It is just such instruments that are wanted have to the stolid and hard on the for the dearth of love is not We only contemplate earth-plane ; — look upon the faces of the children in orphanages caused by lack of supply- only of opportunity, and and foundling hospitals, or the inmates of our of media for its transmission. There is enough reformatories and prisons, in order to apprehend love in the higher spheres of God's Kingdom to it but some of the efifects of this deprivation. The same flood our world and transfigure ; our retarded sadness overshadows every unwanted and unloved evolution, defective spiritual vision, and inability child in homes where affection is unknown—and to respond and to vibrate in harmony, prevent the every man or woman similarly environed. advent of the coming millenial Era when sorrow Those who have by sympathetic discernment and pain will cease and tears will all be wiped apprehended the psychic results of such conditions, away. readily understand how Heaven and Hell are The Invisible Helpers know that this is for Love—the source of need. Whenever find an differentiated ; sympathy, mankind's greatest they comprehension and joy—constitutes the very atmos- opportunity to speak to incarnate souls through phere of the one state, while want of it creates human media they give consolation, hope, sympathy, the other. words of love, and assurances of a desire to help. Yet how few persons realize that life with- Never do they condemn or discourage even the most love of be their mission is to and to out must necessity stunted, impoverished, faulty ; always uplift bless, and "grey"; and that even the most luxurious abode, and to declare the boundless possibilities that await if lacking this source of warmth, provides but an us in the immediate future and in the never-ending arctic climate for sensitive souls. time to come. Notwithstanding all the experience accumulated W\ the inspired Teachers who have been sent from the centuries, and the teaching of the to illuminate our planet have spoken plainly on " Ood IS Lovi, and in lovtDg, we holl God by the hand. 86 -* The Herald of the Golden Age. -* this subject, but we are slow to learn. Confucius sorely in need of a word of cheer and helpful advice proclaimed the Golden Rule (love in action) in the from someone who understands and cares. far East, more than 5,000 }ears ago. Gautama There are thousands of patient, overworked, and emphasized its importance in India, and extended its harshly treated animals in our streets and elsewhere, application to every living creature. Jesus, after who do not receive any expression of kindness, demonstrating and exemplifying the supremacy and S}mpathy or consideration, from one year's end to efficacy of this quality, left a final commandment to another. Indeed our opportunities are infinite and all his followers in every age—that they should of endless variety. " ^•9\ ^^ --^ love one another." His chief Apostles made this the essence of their and of is in gospel ; they have been The art loving danger of becoming a followed by a host of Seers and Poets who have loit art among certain sections of the community. declared Love to be the "greatest thing in the Marriage without mutual love is becoming so world." common and prevalent, and the results are so " The burden of their teaching has been Love threatening to the future qualitj' of our race, that someone—in God's name love someone—for this is some of the most enlightened of our women authors the bread of the inner life, without which a part are already raising the standard of revolt against our of you will starve and die." conventional ethics. They are boldly declaring that " Browning wrote There is no good of life, but such unions although legal are, when regarded from love—give love, ask only love, and leave the rest." the higher standpoint, immoral, because they bring " Wesley taught Love is the essence, the spirit, suft'ering and loss upon the children and the com- the life of all virtue. Love the creature, as it ing generations, as well as upon the parents—and leads to the Creator." that legal facilities ought to be created for dissolving " Emerson said, The moment we indulge our them. affections the earth is there is for in the marital state metamorphosed ; no The necessity Love needs winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennuis to be affirmed and taught to every boy and girl in the vanish." And a multitude of witnesses have con- land. It is amazing that so many married people firmed such testimony. seem to be incapable of comprehending the obliga- All, therefore, who realize the world's need tions of their position, their shortcomings and concerning this matter must do what they can, deficiencies, the withered condition of their hearts, individually and collectively, to prepare the way and the miserable fate of their partners in bondage. for the advent of the Kingdom of Love—that A large percentage of our young women marry for Promised Land about which most of us have a home or a position—love does not count. Con- dreamed—which, although apparently so distant, is sequently they are unable to be mates as well as wives, undoubtedly nearer than we think. By trying to and trouble follows. Most of our young men marry increase the sum total of the love-element in every in haste through some temporary youthful infatua- land, by cultivating the art of transmitting it, by tion, before they are old enough to choose a life- yielding ourselves as media for its expression, by companion—and they repent at leisure. proclaiming its necessity, and by labouring to Experience teaches us that we cannot maintain a remove the social ideas, customs and conventional healthy physical life without a sufficiency of food that hinder its we can all that if our bodies are not with superstitions — influx, render and sleep, and supplied useful service and not only bring blessing upon these essentials they become weak and inefficient, and others, but upon ourselves by such effort. exert a depressing influence upon the psychic nature. But multitudes have still to learn the corresponding truth, that the higher part of our being also has its There is so much that could be done to vital necessities, and that one of these is affection. improve matters. So many orphaned and un- Much of the disappointment, unhappiness, and loved children are for affection so ill-health that so lives, and becloud with pining ; many spoil many unmarried women instinctively long for opportunity gloom so many earthly homes can be explained by to express maternal love. Cannot they be brought the fact that when normal human beings are together? deprived entirely of affection, their psychic con- There are thousands of lonely souls to whom dition deteriorates, and an enervating and morbid nature. sympathy, kindness, and affection, might safely influence is exerted upon their physical be extended with beneficent results. Our social Just as starvation of the nerves and tissues so barriers and restrictions are too rigid, and they cause produces a sense of hunger and irritability, much heartlessness and neglect. starvation of the soul produces a similar sense of There are multitudes of overv\orked mothers who want. Hungry animals, whether human or sub- sweet and amiable and for the would be thankful for the affection and help of single human, are seldom ; souls manifest women who have leisure in abundance ; and there same reason famished usually unrest, are multitudes of girls who find it difficult to kill discontent, and lack of poise. time, and, although on the verge of womanhood, Thousands of men seem to think that a woman a allowance know little or nothing about the chief profession of onlj needs a home, a protector, dress womankind — and run the risk of growing self- and a daily round of small household duties (often tea-table and an centred and developing a spiritual heart-atrophy. very vexatious) sweetened by gossip ' There are many men who find the struggle for occasional outing. They remind one of Farmer existence almost too much for them, and who stand John' (in the poem) whose conscience pricked him, ' How rare it is to find a ssal siill enough to hear God speak!" -* The Herald of the Golden age. - 87 after his wife died of incessant and monotonous noticed and and poor appreciated ; spirits who mini-ter drudgery, because of: to others are not too numerous in this world, "The love he never hinted at although much in request. For more than thirty years." Many plain women and men quickly find mates An equal number of women labour under the because they have large, affectionate, andsymptthetic delusion that their husb-inds should be hearts quite and cheerful hippv dispositions—thus meet- satisfied and contented well that although realizing mg the instinctive ideal of most human bemgs. have been married for material reasons— they only Many beautiful women remain without suitors and the of the loveless although prospect coming because their real selves are so unattracrive—men do years is sufficient to the most cbeeiful, virtuous not feel appal inclined to wed icebergs. If only they would and stout-hearted. cultivate "a heart at leisure from itself, to soothe and wives make the fatal mistake of thinking Many sympathise" and try to be more sweet, gemal and that because men are deluded when and easily }Oung companionable, would soon find someone to ' they inexperienced, they, still mere men,' are desire being their compinion-hip for a 1 fetime. It is in discernment when are past equally lacking they only a question of making oneself desirable, and one middle age. They don't realize that the average will be desired. man knows instinctively, when the glamour of his -•i -•> '•i infatuation has he arrives at the early passed and The soul's necessity for Love can be most of whether his wife loves him age discretion, reahy surely satisfied by loving. For Love is the most or nor that love of the real sort is the not; only powerful magnet in existence, and the surest passport bond strong enough to be relied upon to hold two to other human hearts as well as to the highest hearts in perpetual union. forms of friendship. And if this truth were taught There are many women who manifest no in every home the dearth of affection which is now affection and consideration towards sympath-tic prevalent would be lost in plenty. their of this wise husbands. Instead adopting Sidney H. Beard. course, so as to strengthen them in any hour of j» jt jft temotation that may possibly arrive, they are cold, selfish and heartless and are often apparently ; Practical Pbilosopby. addicred to proclaiming the shortcomings, or imaginary shortcomings, and ailments of the man (From Various Sources). have vowed to honour and to the they love, obev, Tven,' thought which genius and piety throw into merest acquaintances, and to such an extent as to the world, alters the world. make one convinced that such con-^tant disparage- ment had become habit. Yet women a contemptible Trying to ignore a new truth after its introduction of this fail to understand their husbamis type why is like trying to ignore sunrise by shutting the are and are to unhappy, unable occasionally suppress eyes. every sign that they long ffir the real affection and sympathy that alone can satisfy the human heart. Wher^ the average man has lived long enough to '^j ""^^ '-'^n know how to live, he takes his departure; but But what about the millions of the unmated who it is not right. The world needs the service of are also have but little hone of minds. can be a unmarried, and who developed Stay young ; you power ever enjoying affection in a supreme form? How for good ! is thei>- necessitx' for love to be met ? some mav ask. And I admit that the question is a difficult Night air is the only air at night. Why shut out one to answer. the clean night air, and breathe the dirty air For many souls thus situated, the belief that we of the house ? live successive lives on this earth, and make our own future conditions, and that God has made for each One of the most mischievous errors current in of his creatures a counterpart or twin-soul who will m idern times is the popular notion that a man be revealed in due time, affords almost the only may transgress all the laws of health with impunity, source of consolation — for their prospect of mar- and then swallow a few drops of medicine and riage in this present life is perhaps quite a hopeless thereby antidote all the resu ts of his evil habits. one. But they can give forth affection to other lonely souls, and so win much love for themselves; Xhe mainspring of life is in the heart. Joy is the of the soul. . . . and thus grow in spiritual grace, beauty and vital air To make anyone attractiveness, in preparation of the better days to happy, then, is strictly to augment his store of being, the of his to reveal him to eome. As Trine sings : to double intensity life, " Give love, and love to your heart will flow himself, to ennoble him and transfigure him. A strength in your inmost need." — is a of are all afraid But there are many unmated people as well as Old age bogey man which we ; many lonely ones—who remain so because thev are yet go to work to-day and coimt up the not genial and affectionate enongh to be attractive. number of your friends who have died of old age, They repel other souls by their coldness, t)ride, and you will find that it is a pitifully small number. selfishness, conceit, thoughtlessness, or lack of con- This means that we should fear disease more than sideration. Kind and thoughtful deeds are always old age and take rational means to avoid it. "Can wealth brine happinesi? Look arouod and seel' 88 -* The Herald of the Golden Age. -* I saw something of the South African war and Tbe Way m Live Now. something also of the mafficking in London, and in the latter case, as I watched the pale, undersized E. GREVILLE HARRINGTON. By ignoble cro\\-d squirting scent into its myriad faces, tickling its myriad noses with preposterous paper are always told that life is much more tubes and feathers, deafening its myriad ears with We strenuous nowadays than in the past stupid and brutal noises, swaying hither and thither nervous centuries, and the neurasthenia, ungoverned and irresponsible, I declare I thought and collapse that Kipling's chattering Monkey People, though other nuisances doubtless very near kindred, were sane and digni- flourishing fied in comparison. us are amongst Well, so much for politics. Is it the money- compi acently fever that breaks our brains? Again I deny it. set down to the With consols performing the gymnastics of the terrific strain Napoleonic wars, with the fortunes made and lost, the nerves upon the high prices of food, the low wages and strikes, caused by swift money must have been quite as great an anxiety means of transit, to our great-grandfathers as it is now. There general hurrj- and flurry and our superior sensitiveness were not the avenues for emplo\'ment then that to grief and anxiety. the present European peace now provides, and I always distrust this tendency to blame the the misery must have been colossal. But where inevitable, for it is such an obviously easy way of were the drugs and rest cures of our forefathers ? ignoring our indiscretions. A man sups on devilled They grinned and bore it. We cannot. comfortable and I lobster with a few additions, will touch lightly on religion, merely saying three days later an east wind has given him that that the very downright theology of those days himself with confounded chill. He smokes silly had its cheerless aspects, and if we accepted them of the cigarettes, but overwork is the cause general in the same whole-hearted, full-bodied way we debility which compels a trip to Monte or should probably all be in Colney Hatch in six necessitates the weekly Friday to Monday in some months. Our forefathers lived comfortably side resort. He finds a little stimulant, by side with the doctrine of eternal pleasant country " perdition to the ranging from whiskey and water King's for the majority of mankind and apparently it Peg," grateful and comforting, and when he de- never gave them a qualm. velops a bloodshot eye and a tendency to somnolence Consider the fine robustness of nerve and temper after meals, it is the gout inherited from reckless implied in that one fact ! We simply are not the blameless. in ancestors which thus assaults So, equal to it, and a milder theology has been evolved all our nervous troubles, it is the way we live now. to meet our tremulous apprehensions. terrible But how does life exert such pressure As to grief telling more cruelly upon our sensitive upon the citizen of to-day ? Let us consider. nerves I don't believe a word of it. I should say the We are told that the present state of European heart was rather at a discount now, even amongst the politics is alone enough to strip the head of all sex we adore. Grief is voted an inconvenience and its scanty honours, to unknit the stalwart frame there is a business-like candour about the expedients and send us all whimpering into rest cures. used to get rid of it. Compare the ladies of the Something does all these things, but is it political early nineteenth century, smothered, frilled, and skeariness, or is it rather the way we live now ? furbelowed with crape, and all the parade of set True, we have a friendly power at our doors and determined woe—with the very mitigated with a taste in Dreadnoughts as cultivated as our affliction of the present day. Yet those lamenting own. True, we have the National Review and the ladies were innocent of cocaine and cigarettes, spectator piling on an uninterrupted agony in our knew not massage, and if they overfed, did it on and a of admirals and midst, posse distinguished strongly unscientific lines and because they liked it, generals assuring us that all is lost, including not in the least because their nerves required six honour, and that the —Goth is at the gate. meals a day in a nursing home. And we are of this Yet our ancestors who apparently needed no same stodgy unimaginative English stock, once rest cures and never bewailed their shattered as devoid of nerves as of art or an\-thing else a as a nervous systems, possessed Napoleon sensitive and ethereal. How are the mighty fallen ! counter-irritant, and really, with Napoleon poised There is nothing like candour in these cases. like a hawk over Europe and a French army at Therefore let us emulate the lady who, in arranging Boulogne, life must have been at least as strenuous a visit from her dressmaker said comfortably: " as it is at present. Austerlitz, Marengo, and On Monday we have Lord Gourmet to dinner. Waterloo, with the European Coalition, furnished, On Tuesday we dine with Lady Fivestars. On one would suppose, some excuse for lying awake Wednesday I shall have my bilious attack. You had o' nights if one were built that way, and when the better say Thursday." news of Trafalgar was brought by a rider white We eat and drink things that set our nerves on with strain and excitement there was a decided edge, drug them into fever or stupor, and then wonder opening for mafficking if the men of that day had they give us trouble. Think of the daily drugging been hung on wires as we are. the average man achieves in twenty four hours. He " The heart unmoved by others' wrongs is dead.' -* The Herald of the Golden Age. 89 is drugged with caffeine in his tea and coffee, for men and, despite the draughtsman's faults, he could not in for those much more than they did. He is lay it down. go " " drugged with nicotine in his countless cigarettes. The type persists," he said, but where is is in his adulterated Praxiteles?" where indeed ? He return if we He drugged with preservatives Ah, may— foods, and with strange ciiemical brews in his can develop a race that is an inspiration a race born decocted beers and spirits. He is drugged with the not of the mean streets, the coarse and brutal foods, the poisonous products of over-feeding, and the poisonous insensate folly, luxury and cruelty of the way we extractives of meat, fish and decomposed game. live now. It was a bad day for the national nerve when swift These deities, waving a friendly farewell to me, ocean transit made our meat supply as cheap as dirt, were very poor people in this world's goods. It was and brought tea down from its dignified fifteen not riches that had given them their beauty, serenity shillings a pound to the price of road scrapings. and joy. They possessed only the common and Think of "doped" horses. We are nearly all simple things that should be every man's heritage. doped horses now. Small wonder that we cannot That has been my experience of many men and many stay the pace, but it is not the pace that kills. I lands. They were always the happiest and healthiest believe we have no notion as yet of the strain that who needed least of the things that money buys, but can be borne by the healthy mind and body, not were extravagant in their use of what money could only without injury but with positive benefit, and not buy, fresh air, clear sunshine, the kindly fruits of that the work many of us do is nothing compared to the earth, a little laughter and a great love. what will be got through by a wiser generation in The opposite of all this we see about us. Is it more civilized times. It is an interesting subject of life ? It is, at all events, the way we live now. speculation! No, no, the system is rotten. Reform it altogether. The happiest, healthiest, hardest-working, best The Worst Fear. looking fellow I know lives on figs, raisins, a hunch of black bread, grapes and goatsmilk cheese. I with- the greatest and most disastrous of all hold his name, for he is not on the market, having perhaps the taboos that we erect for ourselves is the a beautiful as the Uranian already wife, Aphrodite, fear of what our will There aie and two babies. neighbours say. many men and women who appear to live only in The family entertained me hospitably in a hut order that they may be talked about, at least that is looking out upon the wine-dark Mediterranean. what one must infer from the way in which they They stood at the door as we parted, and I shall bring everything to this as to a touchstone. The not easily forget that picture of triumphant human one and only criterion which they apply with regard youth, health, and beauty. The young mother to any course of action is the impression which it stood by her man, supple and strong, deep-bosomed, " will make upon their neighbour. They never ask serene and lovely, most like unto a young palm " " themselves— Is it right or wrong for me to do this ? by the altar of Delos." ' " " " but what will Mrs. Jones say if I do this ? Nausicaa ! I said, and snatched my sketch This is perhaps the most terrible form of slavery book. She held something better however than the under which a human being can suffer, and yet to ball of the Princess, for at her bosom, supported on obtain freedom from it it is only necessary to assert it. one powerful arm, hung the youngest baby, drinking What other people say can make to us only such life from a breast that recalled Nature's own pure difference as we ourselves choose to allow it to make. in its superb abundance. The little curly head We have but to realize witliin ourselves that it does shone like a star against the sun-browned skin and not in the least matter what anybody says, and at dull blue clothing. To her knees the elder child once we are perfectly free. This is a lesson which clung, regarding me with wild-bright eyes and one the occultist must learn at an early stage of his finger in his rosy mouth, the way of children all He lives upon a higher plane, and he can the world over. Except for a brief shirt of some progress. allow himself to be influenced only by higher con- faded crimson stuff, the wind and the sun had their siderations. He takes into account the hidden side will of his dimpled hardy little body. of things of which most people know nothing ; and, Words cannot describe the beauty of this basing his judgment upon that, he decides for him- creature of five, bathed in soft light and shadows. self what is right and what is wrong, and (having His mother had stuck a spray of pink oleander into decided) he troubles himself no more as to what the close gold curls behind his ear. He literally other people say of him than we trouble ourselves seemed to reflect the sunshine. I thought of the as to the flies that circle round our heads. It infant and the deification of the Child Dionysos, never matters in the least to us what anyone else an inevitable of the world's seemed part worship. ourselves says, but it matters much to us what we say. I thought of the pale poverty-smelling children of Happily this mighty power of thought can be Whitechapel, shut into the hells our civilization u5ed for good as well as for evil, and in some ways makes for them, and I closed my sketch book. Yet tiie pressure of public opinion is occasionally on the this child was poor as any of these that play in side of truth and righteousness. our festering gutters. C. W. Leadbcatef. I am not sure that the man himself was not the know the of noblest of the group. I showed my sketch of him to fijowadaxs people price everything and the value of a European authority on art and all things beautiful. nothing. "Talk not of custom, 'tis the cowards pl«a," -* 9° - The Herald of the Golden Age. great general is equally true in a modified degree about soldiers in time of peace. For Heartl) and Home. " A body of men freed from the humanising OLD5IELD, M.A., D.C.L., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. By JOSIAH influence which in a mixed community is always being brought to bear by the best women of back from and with social a of men have just come camp, every organization ; body young all that the I the memory fresh upon me of freed from the restraints which living in houses Territorial training may mean to England, I and being known to their neighbours always fain turn for the foolish a would away imposes upon the wildest and most ; moment from my usual body of young men corrupted by the evil tradi- theme of food and feeding to tions of the soldier life—this is tJrie sort of nursery the momentous problem of of evil morals from which every good woman national defence. would keep her husband and her son. '• In passing, however, it is Idleness always leads to mischief, but the as to the a just well emphasise idle, lazy, loafing life of the soldier in camp, fact that in the exii;encies of with nothing to occupy his time in an elevating the stren- camp life, and amid way, must necessarily lead to the worst kinds of uous duties that devolved mischief." upon me there, as a Field Thus and thus are the grounds of opposition I no Officer, found greater in many people's minds to Territorial training and than I difficulty in fruitaring Territoiial camping. The question of importance other " " have found in many is are they true ? circumstances elsewhere. If there" is one thing more than another which under his own When anyone te'ls me that gets burnt into one's consciousness, in passing particular environment it is impossible to avoid through this happy world, it is to be^^are of con- I of eating meat, look back upon the variety demning unheard, and of judging on part evidence ! chances and changes that have fallen upon my There is something of the ancestral tiger in chequered pathway and comfort myself with the our love for mauling what we cannot eat—in our consciousness that for the dietary pioneers of to- love for listening to and passing on an evil report day and to-morrow the road is comparatively easy which has ruined times and again an innocent and the e.xtreme hardships of the past are passed. man or a meritorious movement. thus made / know 110 conditions of life in moJem England Are the accusations honestly against where a man or woman who wishes to fruitarc cannot the Territorial movement true or talse? This is do so. the important question. From the standpoint of humane reformers I When I was an undergraduate at O.xford I am often met by two objections to military train- joined the Varsity corps, and from that day to of sort : this I have been more or less in contact with the mg any " They say We are men of peace, we are women Volunteer m ivement and with the Territorial foice who advocate the gentler life, we are women which has replaced it. whom the trappings of the soldier and the glamour What, then, is my answer to these important of not deceive are see co'our do ; we men who objections? the devilry of cruelty beneath all the fair promises In the first place, there is one great branch of a soldier's chivalry. We men and we women of the Service which has to do with saving and alike will have no part nor lot with fighting nor not with destroying; with curing and not with risks with killing; we believe in the sanctity of life, killing; with enduring all the and hardships and we recognize the horrible brutality of all of a soldier's life; but with none of the demon murdering whether done by the hangman or the passion which is said to make great deeds of soldier. We wiil have no share in warring nor prowess p'issible. in the preparation for war."' The Ro\al Army Medical Corps has a nobler This is the objection put forward by a con- function than to fight men. Its battle is always siderable of humane m^n and women with disease and ain and death. proportion ] to whom the very ihought of kihing a fellow Its members give of their best to all men, and friends foes. creature in cold blood or in the tiger passion of make no discrimination between and battle is inexpressibly repulsive. If a French Hospital Staff is captured at a There is another class of people who object to Gravelotte, the members simply go on tending their husbands and sons going into camp as aiuj healing Germans in-tead of Frenchmen, and Teriitorials. the rancour of political pa?s>on is stilled in the " " The history of all ages," they say, goes to surgeon's breast in the presence of suffering where- prove that the life of a soldier tends towards a evcr it may be. laxit\ of morals. I can conceive of few things which would " There has never been a war in which se.x appeal to those who h ite cruelty, and who loathe brutality has not manifested itself, and in which the brutalities of soldiering, more than this develi'p- the animal side of man has not received encourage- mr nt of a spirit of universal cmpas-ion for ment to develop. suffering and this willingness to endure the hard- " What is true about the campaigns of every ships of a soldier's life for the purpose of being " 'T with him in the day of pain and being near at train, or wherever else he may be spending his hand to him in the hour of death. spare time. There is then a great opening for young men Every hour of his day has to be accounted for, of high ideals to join the Medical Corps of the and it is exceedingly difhcult for the worst shirkers Territorial Army and to set before themselves the to avoid the strict supervision which is exercised motto of Napoleon's great army surgeon, "Jc over him. "— pause, Dieii gnerit it is God who heals, while I Called by bugle at 5.30 a.m. he is up with but humbly tend the wound. the lark and sees the glories of the opening day. But there is another point about the Territorial Drilling in the fresh sweet air of the morning Army. It is not a force of aggression. It does not from 6 to 7, he learns to appreciate the smell of inculcate the spirit of Jingo ferocity. It does not the dew-tipped grass as he crushes it under feet. foster the pride of race, or creed, or colour. It He is taught, in spite of himself, that the lungs is a power which speaks only of the sacred ness of expand in the ozone laden air of the first fresh hearth and the sanctity of home. hours of the open upland. He is shown that in There is no animal so gentle and inoffensive order to enjoy the first meal of the day, to the but will try to protect its young, and in the stress fullest of the full, a man should get up and work and strain of a world which as yet bows the knee in the open air with zeal and zest for a couple of to force and worships the strong man armed, we hours before he sits down to eat. He finds to his may not let our women and children loose on surprise that breakfast need not be a meal of silence the hills where the eagles fly and in the valleys and grumbling, but can be one of the joUiest and where the wolves prowl unless we put up our happiest meals of the day. watch towers to protect them. The early morning is a discovery which it is Rome was sacked by Goths because her sacred worth going into camp to make ! Penates had no longer a race of Horatii to do After breakfast comes a busy morning of open- and die for the honour of the old homeland. air work again, and the laziest man is bound to England will deservedly sink into insignificance exert himself, and the untidiest man must learn when men are no longer willing to stand at their to be smart and clean, and the most uncouth man post of duty when the cold wind of death begins has a discipline in manners and behaviour and to blow upon our shores, or when the firestorm of self-control, and the dullest man has to develop fury is poured out upon our land. his intelligence to the utmost, so that before a " " For Hearth and Home is a motto for every week has passed a wondrous change has come—a man who has been blessed with a mother and the change for the better—a change towards smartness sweet memories of a safe guarded childhood. and cleanness, towards self-control and quietness, To become a Territorial is one to be- towards thing ; respectful appreciation of superior merit come a campaigning soldier is quite another. and superior rank, towards that type of manliness I am satisfied, too, that it is politicians and which makes for a great nation! financiers nowadays who make wars, and not the Lectures and various forms of instructions of the line I men who have to fight. believe that occupy a great part of the afternoon, and then games if every man in England had to do his share of and sing-songs, or a visit to the town fills up the home defence training, he would have such an evening, and everyone is ready for bed by the time insight into the grim possibilities of real war that the bugle call bids silence and for the " " sleep camp. there would be no light-hearted Maffickings A man in camp gets a delii,'htful fortnight's and gay irresponsible boastings such as were in- holiday of mingled work and amusement; he gets in those who knew no better but a his dulged by travelling expenses paid ; he gets excellent food short decade and ago. good healthy lodging ; he gets free medical But is an immoral school for a attendance he from to camp training ; gets i/- 4/- per day pay, youth ? and he comes back altogether a hardier, hand- Quite the reverse. I know no place where a somer, healthier and richer man than if he had fellow for young away a fortnight's holiday is spent an idle fortnight's holiday loafing about some under more strict and kindly observation than he seaside town. is in a Territorial camp. England would have a finer set of citizens and Far happier, far safer, far better looked after, fewer weeds if only all her sons could have a far freer from temptations of all sorts is a youth month's service every year. under canvas than when a holi- taking fortnight's ^ o» jt day with no occupation in lodgings or in a board- The of Service. ing house at Margate or Brigtiton. Dignity A man during camp is always in uniform, and X'le longer on this earth we live he always wears a badge by which he could be And weigh the various qualities of men — traced if he misbehaved himself. The more we feel the high stern-featured beauty He is liable to be seen an officer— always by Of plain devotedness to duty. either non-commissioned in uniform or com- Steadfast and still, nor paid with mortal praise, missioned in civilian attire—wherever he may be; But finding amplest recompense whether in the field the in adjoining camp or the For life's ungarlanded expense or or or refreshment roads, lanes, streets, rooms, In work done squarely, and unwasted days. or beer shops, or on the sea front, or in the R. LoweU. " There is a calm more perilotM thaa strife." 92 -* The Herald of the Golden age. - When a mother sees her girl showing signs of How to Overcome Anaemia. ansemia she should first consider her general health, and ascertain whether there is constipation or any By a PHYSICIAN. other irregularity which needs attention. If so, a reliable physician should be called in. The question have most difficulty which mothers frequently of diet is of primary importance. Nourishing, of anjemia in to contend with is that growing digestible food and plenty of it will be needed, and food-reform mother is not girls. Even the it must always be remembered that a growing girl from this wholly free or boy needs much more food in proportion than an I have therefore anxiety, and adult, for they have the question of growth to thought that a short paper consider as well as the maintenance of tissue. on the — subject might Anjemia in young people is chiefly due to: of assistance to be (i) Insufficient nourishment. readers. (2) Wrong kinds of nourishment. Why is anaemia Now, to define what I mean by nourishment. so terribly common ? In my experience by far the best and safest definition It is really almost for purposes of diet is, noiirishnent means proteid, taken for granted which is also called albumen. To say that a food that a year or two is very noicrishtiig simply means that it is of high of of anagmia tnust be proteid value. Now proteid is the essential part transacted on the one's food and is absolutely necessary to maintain way to the twenties. With the body in an efficient state of health and strength. young servants it is so general as to form a serious Proteid makes bone and muscle and repairs the to them at and with without it cannot live. objection engaging all, girls daily waste ; you every home advantage are no more immune. Those cases of anjemia commg under class i There must be some reason for this grave are chiefly found among the poor who cannot afford drawback to life at a time when all should be to buy sufficient proteid food for their proper health and happiness. nourishment, though much might be done to Few things are more disquieting than to see improve this state of affairs by teaching them which an anaemic girl toiling listlessly through her work foods contain most proteid for the money expended. or play. Many mothers take the condition as so For instance, even the very poor waste money on inevitable that they do not even consult a doctor, tea which contains no nourishment whatever. 2 but themselves prescribe iron pills, increased Cases of ansemia coming under class are nourishment, and perhaps a glass of claret, none found usually among those who have plenty of of which goes to the root of the matter. money to spend on food but spend —it wrongly. As it does not appear that Nature can have They can be divided into two groups: any particular purpose in inflicting a year or two (a) Those who live on poisonous foods. foods. of anasmia on nearly every growing girl, it seems (b) Those who live on non-nourishing well to go back to first causes. A girl of thirteen Under (a) the chief people suffering from ansemia is developing with great rapidity and this growth are servants and children of the well-to-do. These and development entails very rapid tissue change do not suffer from lack of proteid, usually the very and consequently a large production of waste which reverse. The cause of the ansemia in these cases the body must throw off through the proper is chiefly the excessive consumption of meat, fish, channels,—skin, bowels, kidneys. and tea; by far the most injurious of these is tea. A much larger ratio of waste products will Many vegetarians suffer from anaemia because they occur if foods and drinks are given which them- will take tea and the pulse foods in excess (thus selves introduce them or if the food is of too causing indigestion), but tea in particular. The nitrogenous a nature. The blood being then very improvement in the general health of some vege- acid does not dissolve these acid waste products tarians who have eliminated tea from their diet them out of the tend instead substituted cheese and for the foods and pass system ; they and eggs pulse to be retained and deposited in various parts of has been very marked. the body. This renders young people at this stage Under (b) come people who, though compara- extremely liable to rheumatic troubles owing to the tively well off, are anamic because they live on foods irritation of certain joint structures by urates containing too little proteid. This class includes retained in those structures. Girls of ten to fifteen manv vegetarians who have left off their meat and years old are said to be twice as liable to rheumatism fish and have tried to replace these by white bread, as boys of the same age. But as the circumstances vegetables and fruit. When I say that i oz. of of a girl's advancing life tend a little later to make meat contains as much proteid as 3 oz. of bread the blood more alkaline, the blood then becomes or 13 oz. of vegetable or fruit, it will be seen that a solvent of these acid waste products, and the in order to obtain sufficient proteid from these foods stored up urates will be dissolved into the blood, the increase in bulk will be very great. It is this the circulation and and in bulk that defeats cannot clogging causing dyspepsia increase people ; they ansemia—from which boys are less likely to suffer manage a diet that is at least 3-4 times bulkier owing to their much slower development and the than their old meat diet, so they consequently very active exercise taken during school life. underfeed. " Dire to be true. Nothing can need a lie." - The Herald of the Golden age. - 93 The foods that are good for anaemia are set Tea, coffee, meat-soups and extracts should be out below in a rough table in accordance with their absolutely forbidden to the young. Meat should blood not be and salt and indeed all proteid value, by far the most important — given, fish, bacon, and tissue formers being in the first group the salted foods, are objectionable, because salt is now table I follow with a few feeding rules which are known to act injuriously in hitherto unsuspected and be very important and should be strictly obeyed. ways should used very sparingly. (a) The most nourishing foods: Cheese, dried I think those children fortunate who have been milk, curd, milk or junket (when taken by the half- brought up on the fruit, milk, rice, cheese, vegetable foods and nut foods. I believe there is success- pint), eggs, nuts and gluten, these being the nothing so which make blood and tissue. ful in its result both for mind and body. foods: (b) The moderately nourishing Biscuits, t^^ ^^^ ^r^ toast, brown bread, macaroni, sago, rice, and the cereal foods in general. Hints for Invalids. (c) Foods containing only a small amount of nourishment: Fruit, butter, cream, have to be sick itself vegetables, no right ; sickness and nut-butter. cream-cheese We is evidence of transgression, and goes far no (d) Foods containing no nourishment, i.e., to prove we have in some way or other : cornflour. proteid Tapioca, arrow-root, violated Nature. More than this, we can generally must consist of a Feeding Rules. Each meal trace where we have transgressed. or of the A as definite quantity of one more foods, Admitting this, we cannot but see that, when in value to the meat of these correspond ordinary we are willing to obey Nature, and as far as we This rule is for non- diet. absolutely essential, can, live a natural life, we then prepare the way or compliance with it means under-feeding for the hidden inner forces to operate for our good, starvation. In practice, from half to three-quarters we at once commence promoting health. is obtained from the A foods. of the total proteid Every step of the health-culture ladder leads to be taken in the Foods of the A group must early health, and shows the wrongfulness of sickness and is best meal, the one exception being milk, which the need of regeneration. taken by itself at the end of the meal. Never the foods are slaves to their their attempt to replace your meat by B ; this, Too many thoughts, pains of course, applies still more strongly to the C foods. and sufferings, their mental aberrations and If you replace your meat by cheese, curd or dried- disabilities, ever succumbing to their troubles and milk, and your fish by eggs or nuts, keeping your looking on the black side of everything, leading a other foods as they were on the meat diet, you will life of darkness and despair, making life a dismal not go far wrong. nightmare. Why ? In cases where the patient is not already a Have you ever thought this very attitude feeds food reformer the following rules are important. your diseased body and mind as well as adds fuel A case of severe anaemia should not as a rule to the mental Moloch ? Suppose we have to suffer — it is a — be permitted to make any rigid and complete I say suppose, for only supposition why it a scorn the of change in diet, such as the adoption of the not do with smile, and sympathy vegetarian system, until the anaemia has been others ? This very act is a stepping-stone to vigorous temporarily overcome by : — mental health. seek the of others (i.) Feeding up on any of the most nourishing When you sympathy you step a that will suck foods that the patient likes and can be got to eat, on to sinking ship presently under. The that and digest, whether meat or not. you very sympathy well-meaning to the mind the (2.) Immediate leaving off of tea, coffee, etc., people heap upon you, gives very and meat soups. worst kind of suggestion possible, the most dangerous as or iron. of and the most (3.) Taking a tonic such sanatogen any certainly damaging. of the total fluids Learn to look as a (4.) The limitation (water upon yourself transgressor rebuke for tell and everything drinkable) to a pint or so in the of the natural laws yourself being sick, are a criminal and a and day, for many cases of anaemia have weak or yourself you wrong-doer, restriction the sooner out of such a condition failing hearts which are greatly helped by you get physical of fluids. This is very important. the better. This is the kind of suggestion that will After the anjemia has been overcome temporarily help the mind; it is a tonic of the best kind. is dismal mental is if by the above methods and the patient stronger, The dyspeptic rarely, ever, culturist in a tub and then begin total abstinence from flesh foods. To do a physical delighting morning so earlier is not as a rule advisable, for it often thirty minutes' mixed physical training. makes the ana;mia worse and the patient weaker, Throw your wretched thoughts to the dogs, of in for a course of the vitality, and consequently the powers diges- and go regular invigorating Your blood will be sent tion, being defective. Also change the diet slowly movements. rippling veins and arteries at twice the meal by meal, taking a month or two to make the through the speed, complete change, as changing too quickly may bring your lungs improved, your heart-beat strengthened, nervous on the anaemia again. and thereby the whole body, including the Always clothe very warmly and avoid exposure system, toned up. in therefore avoid Remember have no to be sick. to cold especially the morning ; Finally, you right cold baths. Life and Health. -""^i "^^ ""^^ 'It is always safe to learn, even irom our enemies." 94 -* The Herald of the Golden Age. stuffy little boxes which we call houses is a matter The of Nature. of such difficulty that it needs the generalship of TNarfing a planned campaign. HODGKINSON. By MRS. I have often observed the surgical ritual which Dr. Saleeby so proudly describes. It is curious in it Romans had a proverb which read thus : — its complication and in the way in which res:ards The"Drive Nature out with a fork and she comes the patient as lying at the mercy of unknown running back." infections and microbic invaders. It is magnificent It is really worth considering. We might amplify in the thoroughness with which it cleanses the : — his it in the light of modern progress and say outside of the platter. But even Lister and Drive Nature out with precept and principle, followers with all their skill and patience are with Lee-Metfords and Dreadnoughts and still she often worsted by the unseen foe, and in no case will be one too many for us. She will return in her more often than in that most important and unostentatious irresistible way, and quietly take touching condition which Dr. Saleeby—rightly makes charge, and things will go as they always went, almost the central point of his book the function on the line of least resistance, for that is Nature's of maternity. — in own line. We come back to it sooner |or later, or The fact must be faced especially view of if we do not, and protest with all our little fussy the steadily dropping birth-rate, but the risks of — all activities, we are dropped out, and things go on as maternity are still very high terribly high, before. things considered. Listerism has done much for Still, we most of us think we know a deal better us, but even so it is at present more dangerous to than Nature, the mother of men. be a mother than to be a soldier, and Dr. Saleeby, We have staked our little all on civilization, deploring this fact, desires that the country should which is an effort to put Nature into corsets and spend millions every year— I forget at the moment hobble skirts. We draw the laces and say, how —in providing the advantages of nursing tight " many like the American lady, "How perfectly elegant ! and treatment on Listerian lines for every woman We stand back to admire, and in a moment the dis- during childbirth. He calculates that such a course carded trappings lie at her feet and she is smiling at would save many valuable lives, and it is certainly us with the inscrutable smile of the Sphinx which better worth while saving such lives than—shall conceals all wisdom under all irony. we say—paying members of Parliament. Since in her we live and move and have our But where I disagree with Dr. Saleeby is that a being, it seems simpler to give in sooner than later. when you have surrounded the mother with The cost of the warfare is so appallingly heavy. Listerian nurse, a Listerian doctor, a room with But having given in, having ceased to be rebellious a glass floor and rounded corners, the omnipresent children, the rewards are so many and so rich that microbe may creep through all your defences and one can scarcely enumerate them. find its prey. " A book I have been reading lately— Modern To me it seems better to begin with the mother " microbe's Surgery by Dr. Saleeby brought this consideration herself. If she is in herself aseptic the before me with unusual force. It is a very interesting game is up. I would rather spend the millions on book, well written and graphically descriptive of the preaching the gospel of prevention. We cannot marvels of modern surgery. It is indeed an eulogy render the world aseptic. It was probably not of the work done by Lord Lister's beneficent dis- intended to be so for very excellent reasons, some of coveries in that department, and the contrast which we may divine. And so long as it is not, if the risks between pre-Lislerian and post-Listerian surgery is you even cut your finger, much more face drawn and should be the cause of pride of maternity, "the gobelins will get you if you don't admirably " and thanksgiving to us all. Incidentally Dr. Saleeby watch out ! far gives a description of the processes by which Nature, The real truth is that we ourselves are very — clean- the master healer, repairs and replaces the tissue from aseptic. We are not clean at all not cut or removed under the knife. blooded, clean-run fresh air creatures. W'e are It was at that I paused. Nature seemed so much drugged, poisoned fusty creatures living in little greater—so much more to be trusted even than Lis- shut-in boxes of houses, and when we have to face ter. The surgeon can remove tissue under the most any one of the risks of life—^from a scratched finger favourable conditions. He can destroy masterfully. to maternity—all the precautions witii which Lord Nature can build up and restore. The surgeon Lister's great genius surrounded us, to protect our- strives to make the conditions of our civilization selves from ourselves, have a nasty way of breaking should be possible and fails often. If there is a crevice in the down with a run in many a case that per- armour of his complicated surgical ritual all is lost. fectly straight sailing if right had its own. we Nature indicates a way where no complication is For, as I began by sayinsr, we neglect Nature, necessary—a way so simple that the beast of the drug her, poison her, starve her of fresh air and sun- at the bed- field cannot err therein, and in following which there light, and so we lose our best attendant reform. is great reward. side —the sole attendant that can heal and I think the discovery of Lister may be summed Nature can and does heal the most ghastlv wounds " up in the one word Cleanliness." Be clean, and cleanly, sweetly, swiftly, where food, air, and sunlight doctor of the wound shall not fester and be the gateway of have been rightly chosen and provided. A infection. But to be clean in cities and in the my acquaintance told me that he saw an Egj-ptian "If thou would 'st be happy—Uam to please." -* The Herald of the Golden Age. -•» 95 woman, who was working in a field under the hot and the medicine bottle, Our disorders are of our sun, give birth to a child. She needed no help, own manufacture and not inherent in the nature of there were certainly no Listerian precautions, and in things, and disease, like charity, begins at home. half an hour the child was lying under the tree and One does not say that aseptic precautions are not she was at her work again with perfect unconcern. valuable in the present state of benighted ignorance That woman's food was dates, and meal cakes. I and folly. They are most necessary. So are the could parallel this with many modern instances. war-ship, the policeman—the doctor himself—but The fact is—we choose to live in certain are none less — ways they the evidences, one and all, of a that please us to eat foods for the ingestion of state of semi-savagery. And prol ably every thinker we are not constructed in its visualises which ; meat varieties, a world where they will have ceased certain vegetable foods which are highly injurious, from troubling and we can lay them aside and get to drink poisonous and alcoholic drinks, to lower all seriously to the business of making life pleasant not the powers of the body by a steady intake of only for the few but for the many. deleterious substances. And Nature is perfectly in- That day will come, as far as the body is con- different. She says : — cerned, when we learn the laws under which we " Very well, if you like it. But you must, of were evolved and obey them humbly and reverently. course, foot the bill." Some of us have already apprehended and prac- And we do foot the bill—in premature death, tised them. Others have learnt them, but have not premature old age, disease, thwarting of every in- the courage to follow their convictions. stinct and power. And then, in our moments of need, My experience of both these classes leads me to we surround ourselves with aseptic precautions and believe that there is probably no work so well worth think that is all that can be done. doing at present as the spreading of knowledge of One grows a little impatient. It is so well to have the right ways of physical living, and that of these these things if needful—so foolish to need them. right feeding is the bed-rock and foundation. When will the world see that all Lister's And the book on this subject has been written greatness would be overtopped by the man who if those who had ears to hear would but open them. would teach us so to live that we ourselves might tp^ t^ ^* be impregnable, and that all the complication of outside cleanliness is as nothing compared to the THE SILENT WORKERS. interior cleanliness of pure blood and healthy tissues. have lived the era of We through drugs. They Looking around on the noisy inanity of the world, are almost discredited. are now universally We words with little meaning, actions with little in the era of and we are one and living surgery, worth, one loves to reiiect on the Empire of Silence, all in the of the microbe. trained superstition The noble, silent men, scattered here and there, We live to see the when it is admitted may day each in his department silently thinking, silently that the all-dreaded microbe himself only acquires working, whom no morning newspaper makes virulent characteristics in a soil. And poisonous mention of ! They are the salt of the earth. A to the when itself is dead see day surgery except country that has none of these is in a bad way. for cases of accident. It is the opinion of Dr. Carltlb. Muthu that not only has man changed his physical character under the influence of mistaken civiliza- THE OCCULT VIEW OF BUTCHERY. tion but that the microbe has also followed suit. with us from The micro-organisms have been TThe killing of animals, in order to devour their the beginning of time and are invaluable in our flesh, is so obviously an outrage on all humane created service. But in the unhealthy atmosphere feeling that one feels almost ashamed to mention by man they have adopted a new role. From it in a paper that is regarding Man as a director being our servants they have become our invaders. of evolution. From being harmless saprophytes they have If anyone who eats flesh could be taken to a assumed the properties of danger and disease, and shambles to watch the agonized struggles of the all the science of Listerism is not their match. terrified victims as they are dragged to the spot Under what conditions do these microbes knife or if he could be where mallet slays them ; acquire virulent properties ? made to stand with the odours of the blood reeking Dr. Muthu replies that it has been observed in his nostrils; if there his astral vision could be that stimulating food tends to increase their fertility. opened so that he might see the filthy creatures They multiply abundantly where there is plenty that flock round to feast on the loathsome of decomposin,^ nitrogenous matter for them to feed exhalations, and see also the fear and horror of the on. It is well known that pneumococci, which often slaughtered creatures as they arrive in the astral lie in the mouths and throats of healthy persons, world and send back thence currents of dread and may under abnormal stimulus give rise to pleurisy, hatred that flow between men and animals in pneumonia, aud so forth. They prosper also upon continually re-fed streams; if a man could pass the organic impurities of reepiration and other through these experiences, he, at least, would be decomposing matter. cured of meat-eating for ever. the disease that matters. It is the man and not These things art^, though men do not see them, A man fed on pure food, breathing rightly, living and they befoul and degrade the world. Annie Besant. with temperance, may snap his fingers at the microbe "Self trtitt is the first secret of success. -* 96 The Herald of the Golden Age. animal world, and perhaps in the future this may Creative TbougM. be attained, for all life is one in its hidden Being. What we call instinct in animals is surely By SIR WILLIAM BARRETT, F.R.S. evidence of thought that may transcend our own intelligence. Certain creatures and primitive men ask you to consider with me the subject of the obviously possess some extraordinary sense which I creative and directive power of thought, not, is not recognised as yet by science. A transcendental however as a philosophical speculation, but perceptive power would seem to exist, though it may as a scientific conclusion, based upon not awaken any act of consciousness. Professor experimental evidence. There is no Watson has recently experimented with certain need to illustrate this state- tropical sea birds—a species of tern which make ment as regards conscious their nesting place in the Gulf of Mexico. Half thought. For the works of a dozen he took from their nests and marked each the savant, the musician, and their corresponding nests. He then sent them the preacher, and the poet by steamer to be liberated near New York. They are monuments of this were set free at the assigned spot, and five days creative power. And is it not later most of them found their way back to their true of all of us that we nests after traversing upwards of one thousand miles project our ideas, our thoughts, over sea and coast they had never before visited. into the unseen and they come back This is certainly to us a supernormal perceptive to us as realities in the seen? To a large extent power. What I wish to demonstrate is that a we create our own world. The man who achieves perceptive power which, in spite of the apparent has faith in something above and bej'ond himself. paradox, we must call unconscious and intelligent Doubt, distrust, pessimism, are tokens of the lack thought, undeniably appears to exist. of faith, and the result is an arid and sterile life, May not we say that thought is an inscrutable, aimlessly criticising all things and accomplishing living directive power, seeking to express and thus nothing. to realize itself ? But the dj'namic of thought extends beyond Let us now enquire what evidence exists of the recognised actions. There is abundant evidence dynamic action of thought in creating definite that one mind can act upon another independently structural changes in our own organism. The of the recognised channels of sense. This fact is therapeutic value of suggestion, now so widely now undeniable. There is really nothing so very recognised by the medical profession, is an illus- extraordinary or amazing in this. All that we tration of this. History is full of the miracles of perceive in the world around us is the projection healing accomplished by suggestion. of a series of phantasms from our own minds, They are the result of a conscious thought or created, it is true, by some stimulus received suggestion in one person, liberating the sub- through one or other of the organs of sense. Take conscious recuperative and formative forces within the case of vision. the patient. That there is a hidden self below the External objects form a minute inverted vision threshold of consciousness appears to be abundantly of themselves on the retina. The retinal impression proved. There can be no doubt that there are high is transmitted to the brain, a certain tract of nerve transcendent powers within us far more wonderful cells is thereby stimulated, and we then mentally and subtle than any conscious acts of thought. project outside ourselves a phantasm of the object, Take for example the processes of nutrition. apparently as big and erect as the object really Can anything be more mysterious than the is. But that appearance is the creative act of our conversion of our food into muscle, bone and nerve ? own mind and leads us, rightly or wrongly, to A sleepless directive and selective force is ever at think that the appearance is a real thing resembling work within ourselves. This being so, we shall not the thing in itself. be surprised to find that profound physiological The fact is, we invariably confound the organs processes can be induced by this self within of perception with the being that perceives. The ourselves. is not that which sees it is the It a trivial to eye ; only organ may seem thing adduce as an : ear is not that which hears illustration this by which we see the ; of the removal of warts by sug- but the organ by which we hear. gestion, but nothing is trivial in the arcana of the This being so, it is not very surprising to find Unconscious in bodily life. that a telepathic impact from a distant mind may Nearly fifty years ago the great physiologist, " lead the recipient to project an apparently external Dr. W. B. Carpenter, stated that the charming image of the distant person. away of warts by spells belongs to cases which That animals sometimes see phantasms and are are real facts, however they may be explained." in abject terror from this cause appears to be Three hundred years before this. Lord Bacon undeniable. But can we excite a telepathic response mentions in his Natural History a cure thus per- in the higher animals ? Will a dog answer to its formed upon himself. He had from childhood a ? of name if silently called Is there any evidence large and unsightly wart upon one of his fingers community of emotion and sensation between which no physic could cure. \\'hen sixteen years " master and dog, apart from sense perception ? old he went to Paris and there grew in a month's If so, we might get into closer touch with the space on both my hands at least a hundred warts. " Thty only truly live who bravely date." -* The Herald of the Golden Age. 97 The English Ambassador's lady, a woman far from told me she could Tl)e Need for Diet Mom in Schools. removed superstitions, remove my warts if I would do what she directed. By CAPTAIN WALTER CAREY, R.N. Thereupon she got a piece of lard, touched the warts with it, including the large one I had from the last thirty years great advances have childhood, put the remainder of the lard on a Duringbeen made in schools and education generally, window sill which faced south, and assured me that but the food question remains practically at as the lard melted away all the warts would also a standstill, there being little reason disappear. At this I did greatly marvel, but it and still less science in the choice was as she said : all the warts went quite away and of the food selected at most even that large one I had so long endured." schools, as the daily menu for " Dr. Hack Tuke, in his classical work, The the pupils is arranged chiefly Influence of the Mind upon the Body," gives other according to personal fancies or illustrations of a similar kind. considerations of economy. When, That terrible diseases, such as hydrophobia, can therefore, the boys of non-flesh- be both caused and cured by suggestion, has been eaters arrive at the age at which established beyond a doubt. I myself have seen they must go to school, the ques- startling physiological changes, impossible to produce tion of what is to be done about by any conscious act, brought about by a mere sug- food seems at first one of con- gestion made to a patient under hypnosis. siderable difficulty, and some I am convinced that biologists have too long— parents are unfortunately tempted closed their eyes to the psychic factor in evolution to avoid it altogether by acquiescing the directive power of the unconscious within the in the English flesh-eating customs organism. It is thought, operative and transcendent, for their children. within the organism. It is the general experience that children naturally Is it illegitimate to assume that the Unconscious, prefer fruit and simple foods to flesh, but that at the psychic factor in evolution, is operative in the school the flesh-eating habit is taught in a similar process of development to bring about more perfect way to Latin or Euclid, that is, by compulsion. organs and higher types of life ? One schoolmaster told me how he got over the The creative Thought of God is thus unfolding difficulty with children who, on joining his school, itself in lives around us. This is would not eat his is the worlds and meat ; plan that unless they the Eternal Word through whom the worlds were eat the meat given at dinner, they are not allowed " made and in whom we live and move and have sweets and pudding, and as his preparatory school our being." is famous for these delicacies he soon trains his In all living things, ourselves included, we see a pupils into flesh-eaters. And this, I believe, is at work and thus we find our- how the matter is dealt with or transcendental power by many ; perhaps " selves linked a common bond to the Universal life. the old-fashioned method of it till eat by " keep you This subliminal activity can also be directed it does the trick of perverting the taste and and set going by verbal, telepathic, or emotional deadening the natural repulsion. suggestion coming from within or without the organ- Unfortunately these methods, though extremely ism, and thus profound functional and organic harmful, are approved by the parents of children about. The factor a diet in change can be brought psychic brought up on mixed ; but the case in evolutionary processes can no longer be over- of vegetarians such treatment would be cruel looked. and destructive of the finer feelings, which it is But in this manifestation something equally in- the object of school and education to unfold. scrutable to us has to be overcome. The mystery The boy who has learnt humanity at home has of evil cannot be solved nor the effect removed by ideas and understands the cruelty and horrors empty denials of its existence. We believe that that are inevitable before the flesh can be served an ultimate reconcilement of the conflict of good at table, and must be protected from the chance of and evil will be found in a far-off transcendent such treatment. Unity. We see in physical phenomena an analogy There are several up-to-date schools where a to this spiritual conflict, e.g., as the existence of diet that is scientific, and therefore vegetarian, can be opposites is inherent in certain forces such as mag- obtained (particulars of which can be seen by netism; as the contrast of opposites such as light reference to the advertisement pages of this Journal and shade is needful to arouse perception, so our or from the Hon. Secretary of the O.G.A.), but moral consciousness is awakened by the opposing in case one is not able to make use of these, forces of good and evil. Further, as all manifes- perhaps it may be useful to describe how the tations of physical energy are due to the operation difficulty can be got over. of force overcoming resistance, so spiritual life and First, for a small boy, a Day School is un- energy are due to our overcoming, by the Divine doubtedly the best plan, and most schoolmasters force, that inscrutable thing which now presents will readily agree to let him have fruit, nuts, figs, itself as evil. dates, cheese, rice pudding, or such simple food Hence higher ideals and new difficulties to over- at his mid-day meal. Breakfast and supper at come must be for ever before those who would home solve the rest of the problem. win and retain the life which is life indeed. At a later age a boarding school is usually " Our past lives mould the present, which must mould tile lives to be. 98 -* The Herald of the Golden age. -•. considered necessary, and here the parents must These reforms in food at school will come as trouble. selected a school it is soon as the create the for take more Having parents demand them ; necessary to interview the Principal on the food and it rests with the parents to do their part to question, and, after explaining one's ideas, to make hasten matters by spreading these ideas among it perfectly plain that unless vegetarian food can masters and arranging for having them carried out be supplied the boy cannot enter or remain at the as far as their own children are concerned—both school. for girls and boys. My experience is that in up-to-date schools the Many headmasters would willingly adopt this Principal is much interested and quite willing to more scientific diet if it were explained to them, do as is wished if the parents will definitely say and parents will find the publications of the O.G.A. what food is required. A plan which worked well useful for this purpose. For instance, one head- was to draw up a scheme of food suitable for master on my talking to him on the subject, was each term. Say for winter term. quite anxious to read books dealing with the Breakfast. —Something hot from previous day's scientific aspect, and to have his cook taught how dinner, as fried potatoes, kedgaree, etc., or an egg. to make vegetarian dishes. He said that food was Wholemeal bread, honey, or jam, and fresh ripe the one thing in his school for which he had no fruit (two apples, oranges, or bananas, or any fruit scientific reasons; on any other subject you could in season). ask questions why they did this or that, and he Dinner.—Hot dish. Rice balls, or nut cutlets, was prepared to give scientific and practical answers, or bean or nut patties, or kedgaree, or nut rissoles, but if you asked why they ate beef and mutton, or vegetable curry, or rice sausages, etc., as per etc., he could not tell you; a state of things he Vegetarian cookery book recipes. did not consider satisfactory. Nor is it. Vegetables.—Any that are in season, and salad, 'i '•i -*> I would that Members of the celery, cheese, or boiled chestnuts, when possible. suggest O.G.A., whether have children or can a Pudding.— Stewed fruit, or simple rice puddings, they not, do great deal of food-reform ideas to the or fresh fruit, or puddings or tarts made with nut good by bringing notice of of schools for well butter, or other vegetable fat. Principals girls as as For Tea.—Bread, butter, or jam, and nuts, dates, boys. they can thus hasten that better and more humane Era which is when or raisins, or prunes, or fresh fruit. coming, young fed and Supper.—Bread and butter or cheese. people, being scientifically taught what to eat and what to will It is well to provide a cookery book, and avoid, grow up strong, addresses where health foods can be purchased, as healthy, good tempered and humane, and free from the endless troubles so all these details simplify matters for people to physical and diseases whom the whole idea is often quite new. prevalent at the present time. With flesh-eating children, on account of the prevalence of indigestion in its various forms, it is for them after breakfast to to often necessary go GliiDpscs of Truth. the Nurse or Matron for a dose of medicine, but on the above diet such trouble is unknown virtually TThe soul's capacity grows as its sympathies widen. if the food is eaten properly, that is, if chewed and not bolted in lumps, as is the unnatural and holds where are unselfish- very infectious habit so common at schools. Selfishness you right you ; ness carries In case of serious illness the parents must be you higher. at once informed, because the ordinary medico, Supernatural law to one generation be natural not having studied the science of food and how may law to the next. it affects the health of the human body, does not know what to and a doctor prescribe, Vegetarian is the cradle of is its r^ecessity genius ; luxury must be consulted. grave. Obviously some tact is required in presenting novel ideas to a headmaster who is accustomed such The idols of material worship disappear as the light the for others. But educated to lay down law highly of spiritual truth advances. and refined people very readily grasp the potenti- alities of the humane diet, and see the advantage There would be no revengeful God if there were no to the boys in pleasant food which all young revengeful men and women. people like, and which is above all suspicion must be alive to hold as to freshness or otherwise. You communication with Dead shut out life. The advantage to the Principal in economy, spirits. people spirit increased healthiness of the pupils, less liability to Keep love and faith and sweetness in your heart infection, and greater strength and endurance at towards all, and circumstances and conditions all schools are keen is soon games (a point on), will take care of themselves. made obvious. And the very important fact that on this diet are much less irritable and boys very The Revolution that comes to right wrongs is liable to attacks of bad much less temper, making moved by the same great force that throws the and easier to them pleasanter to teach manage, tidal-waves upon the shore. will also appeal strongly to him. Luey A. Mallory. "We must do the thing we must, before the thing we may." ^ The Herald of the Golden age. -*> 99 business for the day. The scene at the Cemetery, Editorial Notes. where 20,000 privileged people had been admitted to await the cortege, was most impressive, and was described Press as ne of the Members of our Council in India, Mr. by correspondents being almost overwhelming. O Lalubhai Gulabchand Javeri, who has been General Booth was not a religious leader activel}' engaged in disseminating vast quanti- only but a for ties of our literature and great food-reformer, who many years of his active and strenuous not advocating food reform life, only practised total abstinence from flesh but by various methods, food, preached its to his officers on suitable occasion. wrote to me recently to advantages every He saw with vision that fruitarian order 50,000 more of prophetic food, being less carnal, would tend to enhance the our booklets, and to say of that he estimated that a spirituality his great fighting force of workers, and that the health of the million or more of con- Salvation Army would also be his of a verts to abstinence from promoted by advocacy non-flesh dietary. flesh-eating had been made in India Thus, like the other souls who have through the influence of our Order and its great appeared on Earth to lead our race towards publications. This estimate may seem to some to be Righteousness, he has left to posterity the influence exaggerated, but it must be remembered that popular of his example in favour of the humane life. religion inclines the Hindus, Brahmins and Parsees, That his was maintained without with other races of the East, to adopt the humane energy fully flesh-food is evidenced the fact that when life thousands therefore had from their by 76 ; who lapsed years of age, he travelled 34,000 miles on a mis- own religious ideals were quite ready to respond tour, and then commenced a second tour to the appeal which reached them by means of sionary through Great Britain of 2,250 miles. In that one our publications, setting forth the advantages of pilgrimage he visited 121 towns, received and a bloodless dietary from the scientific, hygienic replied to 91 addresses from municipal endured and humane standpoint as well as for religious dignitaries, the ordeal of civic addressed reasons. 73 receptions, 250,000 on occasions on an an Our leaven is working all over the world to this people, 95 speaking average hour and twenty minutes, inspected 12 workhouses, great end, and the time will come when all pro- and attended to a vast amount of business work gressive and enlightened souls will condemn and with his Staff. At the of 82 he for over forswear the carnivorous habit as being unworthy age spoke an hour at and made a tour and all men and women. Clapton, through of, degrading to, spiritual Denmark * * * holding meetings twice or thrice a day. The death of the Founder of the His General Bramwell The Passing — successor. Booth, has Salvation Army full of years of hon- his of General brought up children as fruitarians. He has been our—has caused his Booth contemporaries a great helper of our Cause, and I feel sure that to realize, more than ever before, the it will be his aim to persuade the officers and of the work he and the greatness accomplished, soldiers of the S.A. to adopt this more excellent magnificent devotion he displayed ia labouring for way of living. his ideal. He was one of the world's great greatest An article by Mrs. Bramwell Booth, printed on travellers, miles in the having journeyed 53,000 page 107, reveals her convictions concerning the and alone the years 1907 1908 ; and greatest need for dietetic reform. since St. Paul. Missionary Having for many years enjoyed the personal His funeral was a such as has seldom pageant friendship of General Booth and his late wife and or never been witnessed in — character- England being family, having travelled with him abroad, and wit- ized not only by military and but pomp solemnity, nessed at home his almost ceaseless activity and also intense and an by reality unprecedented display self-denying labour for the good of mankind, I take of faith and enthusiasm. religious this opportunity of recording my respect and esteem, brigades of officers, Fifty-one representing every as well as my profound regret that the world has branch of the work in every land, and Army's lost so great a benefactor. He was truly apostolic, attended bands, followed the coffin in a by forty his zeal was phenomenal; his faith was of the sort stately procession through the British Metropolis, that moves mountains of difficulty; and his example and it was that in addition to noteworthy playing has inspired all the Churches with increased earnest- a funeral march, the burden of their music was ness in doing good. an inspiring War-song commencing with the * * * words : — " Another of for To the front, the cry is riiifjing I ray hope patients To the front, your place is there ! Another afflicted with Cancer has recently To the where men are front, wanted. Cancer been given by Dr. Forbes Ross, who Men of God and faith and prayer." Remedy. declared in a lecture given by him Dense multitudes all along the route manifested at the Normal Physical School in their respect—from the Lord Mayor, who saluted Chandos Street, that he has discovered that the the of the Mansion to the from — steps House, humblest potassium salts not only relieve and retard the citizen and a great number of firms suspended disease, but are actually curative. He attributes "Above the cloud with its ihadow is the star with its light." 100 -* The Herald of the golden age. -*> Cancer to the deficiency in the blood of these wisdom and experience, to exercise a useful influence 'salts' and affirms that he has witnessed the cure upon our chaotic social and political life, let us all do of cases which were too advanced and hopeless for what we can to advocate sane methods of living, operation, his testimony being corroborated by and preach the gospel of a possible century of life Mr. Eustace Miles and other reliable witnesses. for all. * * * "The public uses a diet containing (besides the acid flesh-foods which need to counteract The following letter from Sir William potash 00 the white flour, and Earnshaw Cooper, CLE., emphasizes over-acidity), shop sugar, • • Products iu i. r ..u the of the wrongly cooked vegetables. Ail these articles of and their importance ensurmg purity of the health-foods that are manufac- food are deficient in Potassium. Vegetables are Purity. deprived of their precious juices by boiling, after tured for the use of Food Reformers which the are down the sink. and juices poured They " Hygienists. The cupidity of Man is great and far extending, and it should be cooked conservatively, i.e., with their is therefore incumbent as the of the or the should be drunk." upon you representative juices; juices Food Reform Movement in this country to ascertain, as far He illustrated his point by showing (a) shreds as it is possible to do so, the source and origin of all the Food Reform foods that are the market of vegetables, out of which the juices had been placed upon by so many manufacturers of all sorts and conditions. boiled ; (b) the extracted from these pure juices Pure food is an essential to human life, and as The Order vegetables by simmering and pressing; and (c) con- of the Golden Age is established for the purpose of bringing Man into servatively cooked vegetables, to which only a little touch with the foods that are wholesome and life- giving, every effort should therefore be made to ascertain butter had been added (in a double pan cooker). how and from what materials the many Food Reform products It is noteworthy that this new discovery cor- that are now on the market are made. roborates the convictions of Dr. Robert Bell and I hope you will forgive me in calling your attention so to this but I do seem, or other medical men, who regard a flesh-food (acid) emphatically point, rightly wrongly, to scent a great danger to the Food Reform Movement, unless and the omission of the valuable alkaline dietary, practically the whole of the foods which are now manufactured salts, and other vital elements contained in fruits for human consumption can be tested by the great standard of chemical and vegetables, from our food, as being the chief analysis. The now to be considered how is this to be causes of this question is, malady. done, and I beg that you will give the matter your earnest Dr. Forbes Ross noticed that trees which were consideration and advise me on the subject. I am aware of the of invidious com- afflicted with abnormal growths grew principally danger drawing parisons between foods manufactured by A, and those B, on soil which was unreplenished with by decaying so one must be very guarded. We may, however, help our- —for vegetable matter containing potash instance, selves by strongly advising friends in the Food Reform fruit trees in orchards which are regularly swept Movement to abstain from foods of certain kinds, once we have reason to believe that they have been adulterated. and grazed. This led him to suspect that deficiency The personal influence, among themselves, of Food Reformers of the alkaline salts in the human potash system, is to-day very great, and constitutes the very best advertise- with the abnormal acidity of the blood, caused by ment that manufacturers can have. Therefore the makers of these new foods should be careful in con- eating flesh, might be the source of morbid growths very giving every ceivable guarantee of the of the foods manufacture in the human He therefore " purity they body. experimented, to the O.G.A.," so that it may be duly notified in The and found that potassium produces remarkable Herald. And I would strongly recommend your putting yourself results. If this remedy is proved to be effectual in into communication with all the makers of these foods, so that they may give you proof of their purity, thus saving a great all cases, and reliable after systematic trial, a new deal of unnecessary investigation. era will be in opened Cancer treatment, and a great This, perhaps, is going beyond your scope and intention, uplift will be given to our Cause. nevertheless, if this Movement is to make rapid headway, the public will look for some guarantee in regard to the whole- All Food Reformers who boil their vegetables someness of the materials upon which these Food Reform foods in the old-fashioned way, instead of cooking them are based. ' ' than this if by the Conservative Cookery (which preserves But, perhaps, a greater danger is, manufacturers are to adulterate these new foods, it will the the mineral salts intact instead of letting them be permitted place possible weapon in the hands of the detractors of thrown are a mistake. This strongest away), making great the Movement to fight Food Reform from what must be practice often causes neurasthenia and saline indubitably regarded as a most reasonable and practical starvation, in addition to having a prejudicial effect standpoint." upon the blood stream. The matter is therefore In response to these practical and valuable the attention of all our readers. suggestions, a page of our Journal wiii be devoted worthy " * * * every quirter to Scientific Food-Products," and It is a remarkable fact that seven- full particulars of their qualities and constituents Why Die teen centenarians, whose ages varied will be published therein. The first of this series Prematurely? from 100 to iio, have died in Ireland will be found on page io6. during the present year. This fact * * * conclusively proves that it is possible for nearly A Nottingham fruitarian postman Athletic every well-conducted person to live a century, and (J. H. Richmond), has just retired that there is no need for most to die before ^^^^^ people ments^by ^°'"'^>' years' service, having they have reached half the century mark. It is Fruitarians, walked in the performance of his only a matter of hygienic living, abstinence from arduous duties over 220,000 miles. poisonous foods and from excessive eating and He attributes the fact that he has had no medical drinking, combined with plenty of honest work, attendance for thirty years, to his abstinence from useful exercise and a moderate amount of recreation. flesh food. The Postal authorities are applying to the As the world needs men and women who have g;ained King on his behalf for the Imperial Service Medal. 'Each man is bora for the high buiiaest of the public good." ^ The Herald of the golden age. ^ lOI Arthur Stewart, of Hull, the fruitarian cycling The following Lectures and Addresses will be at our representative in Yorkshire, has exhibited excellent Lect^a^i"^ given Headquarters the and form during the season just concluded. At Wath during forthcoming quarter, he won the lap prize in the Five Miles Race; at the Council hopes that our members and friends will Goole he secured first place in the Fives Miles Point- take advantage of the opportunities thus provided in Miles for information also to-Point; at Leeds the Lap Prize the Five gaining practical and helpful ; and at the that will invite influential to National Championship ; Darlington they acquaintances Five Miles Scratch Race by five len°;ths, in 15 mins. come, so as to bring them in touch with our work 28 sees., beating the champions, V. Johnson and and propaganda. Tickets can be obtained (gratis) Ernest from the Hon. Secretary. Payne. " In the Race of miles Oct. 2nd, 3.30 p.m., Lutyens, What is great Olympic Cycle igyi " Lady Emily Lake Grubb was the first Theosophy ? round Malar, Sweden, " Oct. i6th, Miss Honor Morten, The Ministry representative of the United Kingdom home, being 3.30 p.m., of Women." second in the actual race to Lewis, the South Nov. 6th, p.m.. Captain Walter Carey, R.N., "The African, who won nine minutes. Had Grubb 3.30 by Planes of Nature." been allowed to start like Lewis in the cool of the " Nov. 2oth, 3.30 p.m., Mrs. Earle, Prevention better to the wind morning and prior very high arising, than Cure." which him for the first 102 miles, the result " impeded Dec. Mrs. Havelock Ellis, Eugenics he 4th, 3.30 p.m., might have been different, as in the last 76 miles and Ideals." minutes on the who started in a gained 15 winner, In addition to our usual Addresses, setting forth dead calm. various phases of progressive thought in connection had a win over Lewis, however, gallant frightful with the ideals and aims of our Society, a course of roads and it may interest the advocates meat of six Lectures on "Foods and their Values" will extracts to learn that his he during long journey be given under the Walker Trust by Dr. Josiah his refreshments to and confined eggs milk, refusing Oldfield, M.A., D.c.L. (Oxon.), M.R.C.s.,E. (Walker everything else. Lecturer on Dietetics to the Lady Margaret Hospital) On A. G. Hoath won the Hill July 13th, Open on the following Wednesdays in October, November the Crouch Hill Climbing Competition promoted by and December at 3-30 p.m., namely Oct. 9, 23, and Club three seconds. In reference to his Cycling by 30, Nov. 13 and 27, and Dec. 11. At the close of the It would be performance. Cycling says: hardly course an Examination will be held on the subject correct to that he of beef into the say put plenty of the Lectures, and prizes will be competed for as because Hoath is a but he effort, vegetarian, certainly follows, and will be awarded if papers of sufficient did his level best to the bracket out of his frame. push merit are presented. Unlike his brother, who is now a professional 1st Prize, £3 3s. od. and Certificate. the hero of the athlete, Hans Kolehmainen, 1912 2nd „ I IS. od. „ „ known as "The Olympic Games, Running Machine," 3rd „ los. 6d. „ „ is not a fruitarian when in for except training racing, 4th „ Medal „ „ which times he adheres to the reformed at strictly 5th „ Books „ „ the fruitarian diet. W. Kolehmainen, champion, 6th „ Books „ „ defeated Private Stanton of the Middlesex Regiment, A limited number of Free tickets for single at in a Fifteen Miles on Glasgow, Running Match, lectures, or to cover the whole course, will be issued, in i hour 22 mins. July 27th, winning by 350 yards and application should be made as early as possible. the hill-climb of the Eastern Counties At Cycling Certificates of attendance will be granted to those who Association, on Saturday, 14th September, A. C. attend at least five of the Lectures, and the lectures Hoath was fastest in (Vegetarian C.C., scratch), will be published at the close of the course in book 2 min. sec. 28^ form, price 2/6, and orders may be booked at once. On at G. H. won July 25th, Paddington, Ramsey It is proposed to follow this course by a second Miles of the " the li Handicap Polytechnic Harriers, course in the Spring on the Subject of Health and conceding the limit man 240 yards start, and at Disease in Relation to Diet." Cowley sports, on August Bank Holiday, he secured Syllabus of Lectures. first in the Two Miles Scratch Inter-Team place Oct. 9.—What Food is, and what Food does. Race. On the same day \V. A. Ramsey won the Ten Effects of FasUng, Over-eating, Differences in Childhood, Miles Scratch Road Race, at the Postal Federation Youth and Old Age. Oct. —How Food is used in the Sports, Gunnersbury, in i hour 5 mins. 23. Body. The of Digestion, Selection, Absorption, Excretion. In a 50-Miles Cycling Match between the Vege- processes Oct. —The Values of Various Foods. tarian Club and the Club, on 30 Cycling University Flesh foods, Animal secretions, Animal products, Vegetable August nth, over Essex roads, the former proved foods with Specimen balanced Dietaries. victorious; and on the 31st August, in an Eight Nov. 13—Food, and its Effect on the Birth-rate. Miles Walking Race, the Vegetarian Athletic Club Economic and Physiologic. Its stimulus towards Sterility or defeated the New Barnet A. C, T. P. Fox being Fertility. Nov. —Cooked versus Uncooked Foods. first man home. 27. The effect of Scientific and Natural Cooking, processes of Eustace Miles has been successful in the again Maturing. M.C.C. Gold Racquet Tennis Championship, defeat- Dec. II.—Some Theories on early Dietaries, and ing Major Cooper Kay, at Lord's, on July 23rd, by the Lines of Evolution. three sets to one. Religious, Economic, Legislative, Experimental. " Most people do not realize their good fortune till aftetwatdi." 102 -* The Herald of the golden Age. -* Further information concerning these six Lectures can be obtained from the Hon. Sec. Lady Margaret Hospital, Bromley, Kent. Any Fruitarians (Ladies or Gentlemen) who wish to train as Doctors should enter their names for the Walker Scholarship (which is of the value of ^20 a year) at the Lady Margaret Hospital. * * * The following donations towards the Oar Work of The Order have been re- Excbeqaer. ceived since our last issue, including amounts paid in purchase of literature for distribution. The thanks of the Council are tendered to all these friends of our Movement : — £ -^ The Herald of the Golden age. -* 103 all juices have been masticated from them. There- Tl}e Russian Dancers. fore nothing but pure nourishment passes into the stomach. THEIR SECRET OF GRACE AND BEAUTY. Then they have also very carefully considered just how much of various elements is needed by the at present all the world is talking about the body; how much fat, how much starch, how much Justwonderful feats of grace that the Russian dancers protein, how much sugar, and their diet, therefore, are performing. is properly balanced. All of a sudden there have come out of They get their fat entirely from olive oil and nuts, the land of the Czar and eat no dairy products such as butter, cream, the most marvellous milk or cheese, and no eggs. dancers that the The fact that they eat such large quantities of world has ever seen, olive oil is that it acts like a lubricator to the system. of a grace that Each one consumes four table-spoonfuls a day. is indescribable This is taken at the two meals which they have each in words; of a day, for they never have breakfast, the first meal lightness that being at eleven in the morning and the second at only birds of six in the afternoon, with nothmg in the way of a r in the afternoon. that the the a,i can pick-up They proclaim rival, and of a stomach should be entirely cleared of food and be beauty and lithe- permitted a short rest before food is again taken somenessof body into it. that seem to belong to a new race of They are thus always genuinely hungry at meal human beings. These dancers have during the past time and so digest their food readily, as it is eaten few years appeared everywhere, and in every place with a relish. As they take great pains in masticating they have inspired the same wonder, the same their food and eat much of it uncooked, they never admiration. are inclined to overeat; this evil is usually the result And every one is asking, "Why have we not seen of too rapid eating. these superlative creatures in former years?" And These people take no tea, coffee or alcohol in any the answer to this question is supplied in afascinating form, but drink pure water whenever inclined. They paper by Miss Grace Aspinall. She claims that now have no desire to drink with their meals, as, these marvels of grace in human form have gained says Miss Aspinall, their diet is perfectly normal, all their powers through a studied diet. It is only and no person who eats normally is ever a victim of in the present generation that such dancers have great thirst at meals. existed in Russia. These very interesting people declare that To begin with, their diet is mainly vegetarian. although they adopted this very scientific way of They claim that too much meat and fish creates acids eating for the sole object of making themselves in the system that tend to deprive the muscles and perfectly suited to the art of dancing, they have sinews of their elasticity, and to make them stiff and found that it has brought with it many unexpected unwieldy. It, in fact, creates the essence of old age rewards that have made life far more beautiful to in an incipient form in the body, whereas a diet of them than ever before. It brings a feeling of joy- grains, herbs, vegetables, fruits and nuts with immense ousness and happiness, because it brings perfect health quantities of olive oil lends, according to our authority, and keeps the liver in a normal state. Nearly all a perfectly flexible and youthful tendency to the our unhappiness from depression comes from the whole body. liver, which is overworked in getting rid of waste The diet of these scientific dancers has been matter. It assures an immunity from disease that studied with the utmost care and thought, and all is remarkable; they never take cold, for the body is manner of experiments tried, until now the regimen so free from all clogging that it immediately throws has been found that is of such perfectly balanced off any germ or attack of disease. proportions that it gives to the body its full quota of They sleep like young children and babies—a nourishment and as little waste matter as possible. long, sweet, refreshing slumber, awaking with a Indeed, this question of waste matter is one that has sense of joy in life; a newness and freshness and absorbed the attention of the dancers more than any eagerness to get up and be doing. other, for it was learned that the body uses up its Their complexions are of a satiny perfection and vital energy in trying to get rid of the vast amount beauty, the skin clear, pure and fine and most beauti- of waste matter poured into it by the unthinking fully coloured. The eyes are brilliant and star-like, human. It was found that the least amount of with the whites of great puritv. Their whole aspect, waste that accompanied the necessary food elements, in fact, is one of radiant youth and beauty, and this the more energy was saved. We wear ourselves out in itself is worth a king's ransom to some women. before our time, we are gravely assured, by working They are plied with all manner of questions by refuse so hard disposing of matter. curious people who fancy them in the light of mar- So these Russians do not swallow anything that tvrs, but when people ask them if they do not crave cannot be made into a creamy paste. All the cellular the delicacies and well known dishes of the table, portions of food that most people swallow as a matter such as roast chicken and tender lamb and delicately of course, these dietists remove from the mouth after prepared eggs, they only laugh and explain that at "There can be no real piety without bcroiua.' 104, -* THE Herald of the Golden Age. -* first they craved these things, but this was merely because the organs of digestion were calling for what Tl)c Advent of tl?e it Super-Cook. had been their habit to have, and the only way to By WILLIAM TULL. conquer one habit of the body is to create another, J. thus making the body forget the former. It took the various dancers from three to six change," is the watchword of the age. It is the months to create a new habit and to forget the old All clarion note that vibrates in every one, but once the habit of a simple diet was estab- realm of social activity throughout the lished completely the craving for rich foods vanished world at the present day. Some respond and realize to the full the entirely, and the dancers have now not the slightest possibilities and responsibilities that desire for them. the awakening brings; others hear the cry but hesitate on the Such a diet, they say, is so natural and normal that frontiers of the old world—fearing they no longer desire tea, coffee, alcoholic drinks or to- the consequences. bacco, they only desire sufficient food to sustain their A goodly number have not yet awakened out of strength and renew the life force, and it has opened their deep slumber. In the rough and tumble of to them an new vista life the the old social have been up entirely upon ; they upheaval relationships have new sensations, new capacities for enjoyment, cut asunder, and extreme patience on the one hand, with and a sense of eternal youth that is wonderful. toleration on the other hand, are the only When dance feel as if means to a reconciliation. they they they could fly, Dissatisfaction holds the and some of them do take such leaps into the air fort for the time being, and in no sphere is this that they appear like birds. They bound like rubber more apparent than in that relating to domestic bails and stand on their toes without the aid of toe affairs. pieces, they bewilder the onlooker with their amazing I want to put in a plea for a new type of feats, and appear to be made of tissue paper or worker and suggest a form of social service that so should to feathers, light and airy they are. appeal the enlightened girl of the period. In the These dancers have caused scientific men to sit service of the social organism the pre- up and take notice; it has brought home a lesson to paration of food is no small factor in contributing them that diet is one of the chief things to be con- to its peace of mind. Its importance in the economy of sidered in life, and that it should be given the human life must be recognized, and those who closest undertake study, for after all, it is the one thing that to serve us in this direction must pre- keeps life in the body; the one thing that creates or pare themselves to meet the needs of a changing mars health, and by means of it the whole human organism. race may be elevated to a position far in advance of The present day cook is behind the times— what it is to-day. she has been weighed in the balances and found It is the old, old lesson of the ounce of prevention wanting. There is a growing demand for some- the one who is — and pound of cure, concludes Miss Aspinall, and more than a cook in a word, the the greatest preventive of disease in the world is super-cook ! What do we mean by this ? Let diet. Ruskin's definition proper A perfectly fed, perfectly nourished suffice. To be a good cook person with no clogging waste in the system cannot means the knowledge of all fruits, herbs, balms, take on and and of all that is disease, and yet diet up to a very few years spices ; healing and sweet ago had not been considered by great scientists. in fields and groves. ... It means carefulness, The choice and preparation of our food have been inventiveness, watchfulness, willingness and readi- left to the most in the ness of It means the of our ignorant people world ; until appliance. economy even recently chefs never studied the chemistry of great-grandmothers and the science of modern and in chemists ; it means much and foods, consequence our chefs and cooks have tasting no wasting ; known no more about food chemistry and the it means English thoroughness, French art, and balance of the Arabian it in perfect required elements than hospitality ; means, fine, that you a dog; such things were a closed book to most are to see that everybody has something nice to eat. of them, and they still give us any sort of combina- When Dr. Abernethy visited his rich and tions that luxurious they see fit, making our bodies patients, he often went into their kitchens nothing " more or less than walking barrels in conse- and shook hands with their cooks. garbage " My good quence. friends," said he, I owe you much, for you confer And so these favours me. gay entertainers, these people whose great upon Your skill, your ingenious whole mission in life is to amuse, have, we are aud palatable art of poisoning enables us medical the staid men to ride in our assured, taught world a lesson that will carriages ; without your assis- work out into great things in the future. tance we should all go on foot and be starved." The in her Popular Science Siftings. cook, ignorance, has undoubtedly been the cause of much of the indigestion, dyspepsia, and innumerable other which affect You do not know half, no—not the thousandth complaints of mankind We have come to believe that part God's love and mercy to you, and vou to-day. will never know. So we cannot exist without her, and this belief is do not be afraid of being voiced Owen Meredith in the lines : — too happy, or think that you honour God by wear- by following We live without music and art ing a sour face, when He is on may poetry, ; heaping blessings We live without and live may conscience, without heart ; and on to you, calling you smile and We live without friends we live without sing may ; may boolcs ; KiNGSLEV. But civilized man cannot live without cooks ! "He sees enough who doth his darkness see.' -^ The herald of the golden age. -•. 105 Danger lies in being indispensable. Having dis- is a sign of morbidity. This is true if it leads to covered the possibilities of heat in the direction of a slavish dependence upon weights and scales, but adapting foodstuffs to the demands of a vitiated a cook who claims to be a craftswoman is surely the of palate, this social unit has wandered aimlessly along one to relieve her fellows this somewhat in a sense of security, so much so that with the length uninteresting task. The scientific aspect of diet is of years she has languished in her efforts. The highly important, and the up-to-date cook should innate sense of being able to value foods at sight be qualified in this respect. If she loves her work has become blunted, and the imaginative element in she will study the proper blending of foods with— this family service has been starved out of existence the object of preparing well balanced menus by the additional duties that have arisen in connec- having the various constituents in scientific propor- tion with our complex method of living. The result tion. To the extent that she loves her work, to is that the average cook is mechanical in her move- the extent that she realizes her potential genius ments, and the few stock recipes at her disposal are and her power to help in the regeneration of the manifested in a fare that is more often than not race, to that extent will she impart that vital— monotonous to a degree. magnetism—which she more or less possesses to When one realizes the number of vegetables and the food which she may handle. She will also fruits that may easily be grown in a country with study the medicinal value of fruits and vegetables, such varied climatic conditions as ours, one wonders and be able to administer a tonic when the changing so she why they are so little cultivated. Salisfy, seakale, seasons produce slight ailments. By doing artichokes, and other cleansing products of nature will hasten the time when every family circle will are conspicuous by their absence from the majority contain a healer within its ranks. She will find of tables in this country, and the manner in which delight and instruction in such books as Dr. the few vegetables that are in use are prepared is Fernie's Herbal Simples and Kitchen Physic, and symbolic of the total lack of knowledge concerning will cherish amongst her possessions such charming the economics of diet that characterises the cook of volumes as Mrs. Earle's Pot Pourri in a Surrey a passing era. Garden, and Mrs. Lucy Yates' The Gardener and Supposing one were to make a pot of tea, and the Cook. Her own book of recipes, compiled from throwing the liquor down the sink offer the guest various sources, will not be missing. the leaves! We at the of the Irish hand- laugh story It is the opinion of many that the best govern- maiden when to for the who, given oysters prepare ment is that which governs least, and I am going forthwith to them out and table, proceeded empty to apply this principle to the super-cook and say then sent the shells cleaned and as she nicely ready, that the best cook is she who cooks least, fullj' for And that is the usual thought, consumption. yet realizing that a food which can be partaken of method of serving vegetables. with relish in its natural form is not, as a rule, The in food is a — delight legitimate pleasure improved by being cooked. She will so arrange all means let us eat our food with Mischief by joy. her table that the appetite, even of one who where is at the of only begins delight sought expense had not altogether lost the desire for cooked foods, better things. will experience a sense of enjoyment at feeding not The cook has catered for our palate alone, thereon. Her artistic sense will become more that the function of food is nutri- realizing primary acute with the practice of her craft, so that the tion. The utter of the cook helplessness antiquated simplicity of a meal will not in the least detract is revealed the manner in which she takes the by up from its attractiveness to the ordinary individual. of fleshless foods. To read a and preparation recipe She will not, however, be a slave to any extremist it to her is often adapt particular requirements beyond theory, and would resort to the process of cooking her and as for food she capabilities, studying values, when her judgment so decided. would rather resign than face the task. One can Many will scorn the idea of such a cook. hardly expect anything different, as the cook in the Nevertheless she is in our midst, and that we do past was never taught anything about the subject, not hear of her is evidential, paradoxical as it may and up to the present was rarely required to do much of her us. Exhibitions else but cook. This is a fault common to most seem, presence amongst have no attraction for her— her life is devoted to callings. the service of the social body, which in her hands will What are the qualifications demanded of the become a fit habitation for the Spirit of the Cosmos. cook of the new order ? The ideal here set forth may for her and be an exalted one, but it is only in so far as the cook The time is ripe increase, already The vocation has an ideal, that she will be able to render her the demand exceeds the supply. reasonable service to the community of which she offers unlimited scope to the enlightened girl of those who are forms a part The Super-cook will, as her name the period. Let ready, co-operate of a and thus create for implies, be superior to the cook that is passing. She in the formation guild, status in the ranks of will not be anxious to assert this superiority— it will themselves an improved the to come the commonwealth be patent to every individual that she is so. She society. In days her a charter in of her will have a knowledge of food values, if not in detail, will grant recognition foundation stones for the at least comparatively. services in laying the " the whole world is in travail There are people who say, Oh, but I never New Race, with whom She is the of to worry about food values," and give you the im- at the present day. harbinger joy tribulation. pression that to devote any time to the subject those who are passing through great "LearnioK by study must be won, 'twas ne'er entailed from son to son." io6 ^ The Herald of the Golden age. -*. and for this it is consumed, and there is no animal ScicDtific Food Products flesh having a larger proportion of this most essential ANALYTICAL RECORD OF element than 25 per cent. As a matter of fact the (A QUARTERLY of have a DIETETIC INVENTIONS.) greater majority meats, including poultry, percentage which is considerably lower. " The makers of that it is free Pfotosc Nut-meat Emprote" guarantee from chemical uric or other (TTir Intfrnalional Health Association, Ltd., Stanborough Park, Wat/ord.) preservatives, acid, any deleterious also claim it This, one of the first Health Foods and the constituents; they that has tonic Further, recommend pioneer of Nut-meats, was the invention of Dr. J. H. gentle properties. they it as a food for mvalids and convalescents as well as Kellogg of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, and although and mental workers of all It many varieties of these unique preparations have physical grades. no and can be taken with such since been produced it can still be regarded as the requires cooking, as or standard nut-meat, principally by reason of the beverages milk, cocoa, vegetable-soup, merely balanced nature of its constituents. with water; or it can be added to other foods that are in thus them more In the report of the International Institution of lacking proteid making digestible, more and Physiology and Hygiene, dated February ist, 1906, sustaining, imparting greater body-building to them. J. Grant-Stephen, D.Sc, Ph.D., says: "The figures properties Nutter of the Analysis of Protose prove it to be very rich (MapUion's Nut Food Co., Ltd., Garston, Lanes. ^ in proteids and fat and to contain a comparatively Of the many substitutes for animal fats, for cook- large percentage of organic phosphates. . . . We ing, frying and other purposes, which have been are able to certify Protose to be a most valuable invented for the convenience of the Food Reformer, food compounded on strictly scientific principles." this product is perhaps the most widely known and Its analysis is as follows : — Proteid Fat. Starch matter and sugar. used. Its merits, as compared with lard and cheap 25-5 14-0 2-8 cooking butter or margarine, are manifold, chief of As this product is designed to replace flesh-meats, which are its purity, cheapness, economy in use a comparison of values with one of them will prove (13 ozs. equal i lb of animal fat), non-liability to instructive. turn rancid, and its cream-like consistency. It is Proteid. Fat. Starch. odourless and tasteless, facts of no little significance Lean beef ig'j 3"6 o"o when used instead of lard for pastry, scones, cakes, &c. And as a I lb. tin of Protose can be purchased With such a product an analysis is not of great for one shilling, from an economical standpoint its utility, but for the sake of those who appreciate are obvious. But it is also guaranteed advantages scientific figures it is given below : — by the makers free from Uric Acid and other poisons Specific gravity ... 0'93I with which all flesh-meats abound; it contains no Saponification value ... 252 chemical preservatives or adulterants, and it is Iodine value ... 6 of wheat and nuts. composed solely Free Acids ...... niL It can be eaten cold as it leaves the tin, or can be Melting point ... 65 prepared in all the variety of ways in which many Reichert value ... 3"8 meat is and with e.xcellent results generally prepared, Water ...... nil. in every case. Protose will keep good for three days The makers claim that it is very superior to the after being removed from the tin, and if then cooked, ordinary coconut fat so often put forward in com- it will remain good for a further three days. It may petition, and they guarantee that it is free from all interest those who object on hygienic grounds to chemical and is manufactured tinned food that as no acid enters into its composi- preservatives entirely from nuts. tion it suffers no harmful effect into by coming Horltck's Malted Milk contact with the tin. ( The Horlicks Malted .Vtilk Co., Slough. Bucks.) Emprote Among the many preparations of the food- (The Eustace Miles Proteid Food Cn., Ltd,, 40, Chandos Strett, is London, li'.C.J beverage order now upon the market, this product As a food-basis instead of meat, this preparation unique, inasmuch as it contains about 50 per cent, of has stood the severe test of being served to upwards of full-cream milk, together with the nutritive elements 1,000 people daily in a London Restaurant for over six of malted barley and wheat, partially predigested by years. Its composition includes the proteids of wheat the active diastase of the barley. and milk, together with a proportion of digestible The body-building properties of milk are well carbohydrates, fatty matter and natural, easily assimil- known, but there are objections to its use as an ' — in able salts.' Its approximate analysis is as follows : article of diet for the average adult cases where Moisture ...... 5'20 the digestion is weakened : because the casein often Fat ...... 6-66 forms large, tough curds which are difficult to Proteids ...... 35"oo digest!; and the ferment for digesting milk sugar, Carbohydrates ... 45'24 an essential part of the gastric fluids in infancy, Mineral Matter ... ygo is almost entirely lacking in the adult stomach. This product has such a high food value that to In Malted Milk it is asserted that the peptase compare it with any type of the flesh-food which it is of the malt renders the proteids of the milk, intended to replace is futile. Proteid, the body-build- especially the casein, as digestible and peptone-like as ing element, is the chief constituent of flesh-meat the proteids of human milk, so that the coagulation " In jealousy there it more telf-love than love." - The Herald of the Golden age, 107 into hard curds does not occur; and large, analysis Tbe Treatment of Inebriates Diet. shows that the proportion of milk sugar untrans- by formed by the malting process into maltose to be By MRS. BRAMWELL BOOTH. but a little over 5 per cent, of the total nutriment. The makes clear the remark- following anal3'sis he question ctf diet is, I am satisfied, a moral as resemblance between Malted and able Human Milk, T well as a material one, and my observations, and the fundamental difference between and — such during long years of experience in dealing with ordinary cow's milk: fallen humanity, have con- Horlkk's Malted Milk HTiman p vinced me that few (Diluted wiiheighi timcB its Milk things X?-^*"''"'• quantity of water). (Lulfl. favour the degradation of Proteids 2'go 2'35 3*55 the moral nature more power- 8'ii 6'39 Carbohydrates 4-88 full}' than the debasing habits Fats i'20 2'4i 3'6g of eating and drinkin? which Salts 0-40 0-34 070 flourish around us. One evil The of Malted Milk analytical composition appetite feeds another, and shows it to be a well-balanced food singularly what is food for one passion all the for the containing properties necessary adds strength to the rest. nutrition of the human Its makers complete body. I feel very strongly indeed claim that it is from selected materials preparetl only that a great extension of wise and simple instruction which and wheat constitute (of milk, barley 99"25%) as to the choice and preparation of pure food is under the most scientific method that possible ; urgently needed among people of all classes if the it is free of perfectly pure ; germ ; invariably deterioration of the race is to be arrested. uniform ; alwa\s of alkaline reaction, composition Particularly have I been impressed and gratified thus further resembling human milk (the reaction of by the good results of the careful dietetic treatment cow's milk acid) ; and that there is neither being in our two Homes for women and victims of inebriety. cane nor artificial sugar preservative present. It is now six and a half years since the fleshless diet " The "Wallace P.R." Biscuits was introduced into the older of the two homes; the (Tit Wai:ai:e "PRr Fnods Co, Ltd, v«j. Batiet-sea Park Road, S.IV.j second one has been vegt-tarian from the day of its In the realm of scientific cereal foods few opening, and indeed, flesh-meat is a diminishing in all the Institutions under care. preparations can equal the thirty-five varieties of quantity my biscuits manufactured under the above title. While we never lose sight of the fact that the and of God alone can effect Keither yeast, crieinicals, cheap fats, colouring power grace any change of matter, or any of the many adulterants often used character, we are satisfied that it is an immense assistance in in the preparation of cereals are used in their brinj;ing about that change when there is obedience to God's own natural laws. production—whole whe;it, specially prepared barley, intelliijent best Midlothian oatmeal and other such whole-food And it is this duty of being a worker together with in her substances as nut meals, sun-dried fruits and fresh God own liberation that we seek to impress who enters our Inebriate eggs forming the bulk of their constitutents. upon every woman Homes. Instead of as have One of the principal objects in publishing these being resented, might perhaps been the food reformation particulars about Scientific Food Products is to expected, was received with and in a short time tiiere was a give our readers actunl anal}'tiral figures whereby approval, very a standard of comparison can be made with flesh- perceptible improvement in the digestion, temper and nf all concerned. foods. The difficulty of doing so with such complexion Prior to the chant'e of there had been ten preparations as biscuits, and moreover of thirty-five diet, varieties of them, is obvious; but as these under or eleven trays sent upstairs every morning, for those who were not well to rise for the first meal consideration are prepared from whole cereals and are enough ; but all in the Home were found at the virtually water-free, the analysis of the three leading very soon, table and for their grains in their uniniiltd state will offer a sufficientlv together, bri'^ht hungry breakfast. When the drink-crave is a practical guideconcerning their food value. It must be strong upon woman, she is fed v\ith At first s-he thinks she is remembered, however, that the addition of eggs, nuts, grapes. trifled but when she has been coaxed to milk, etc., renders some varieties more nourishing. being with, eat a she Proteid. Fat. Starch. Salts. few, always wants more, and they have a Wheat ii'4 1-3 yi'o 3-0 realy soothing eftect. Oats I5-6 5'ii 636 3-0 Oranges and apples come second in value for this Barley 67 1-3 75-5 I'l purpose, but all kinds of frut are found good as "P.R." Biscuits are manufactured under model regular items of food. Stewed prunes and figs are hygienic conditions, and the makers claim that perhaps as popular as anything and quantities of they represent the highest standard of purity in bananas are consumed, jams and marmalade also scientific food production. They also assert that being freely used. We do not aim at lessening the problem of presenting cereal food in a pure, expense by this diet. What is saved from the digestible, balanced and attractive form has been butcher goes to the greengrocer and fruiterer. in and that solved these biscuits, their regularuse is not A very significant fact is that when the craving the only highly conducive to maintenance of health for stimulants is upon a woman, she also longs for but is often singularly beneficial in disease and in cases animal food. When once the truth has downed where there are anaemic conditions. E. C. Wilson. upon her, when once she has seen that by eating " Defer not till to morrow to be wise, to-morrow's sun to thee may never rise." io8 -* The Herald of the Golden age. -^ meat she strengthens the desire to drink alcohol— if There are four things which the Officer in charge she be sincere, her co-operation is secured. The seeks to do with every woman who comes under her taste for and other care. win her acquired mustard, pickles,''vinegar, First, confidence ; second, foster her is in the exercise her such flavourings always particularly strong will-power; third, memory ; fourth, what- alcohol victim, so that abstinence from these condi- ever happens, show no discouragement, but lead her ments—which we also encourage—helps in the cure. to depend for sure deliverance and victory upon Cases are frequently received in so bad a state, God. that under the old regime we should have expected The drink thirst has been the central idea of most them to need bed and medicine for weeks before they of the women, sleeping or waking—particularly but with the aid of with cases. is could be pulled together ; now, morphine The great point to be able the diet, they are up and about in less than a fort- to switch off their minds from morphia, cocaine, or night. Many are much better in a day or two. This whiskey—whatever it may happen to be—and of course, is a great advantage to all in the Home. switch them on to God, His power, the charm of A most encouragingly high percentage of our His Service, and the bliss of having His approving inebriate cases have been permanently cured, and smile upon one's life. if only they could all continue the diet on their Referring to one who entered the Home lazy, return to their homes or in the situations found incorrigible, and apparently hopeless, and after for them, the failures would, I am convinced, be fourteen months' stay, went out to earn her living, fewer still. first in a and then in service, the Warden "laundry, It is a painful glimpse into the selfishness of wrote : — When her mistress sent me her photo- human nature to find so many friends and relatives graph, showing her in a well-made gown with a who cannot, even for the sake of their weak ones, happy face, I should not have recognised in her the become abstainers from alcohol. The mere sug- poor, miserable outcast who shambled into my office gestion that their dietary should be changed is the day I welcomed her to the Home. The trans- often greeted with derision. forming power of God's grace is wonderful!" The medical man attending the Home when Danger confronts every woman who holds the referring to the fact that a very small percentage conventional notions concerning diet and drink. " of the cases who come to us can be as A little stimulant will are below regarded pick you up ; you either encouraging or hopeful, having nearly all par," says the well-meaning friend. And the first gone to the bottom before they entered the Home step is taken along a descending road, from which and many of them having accustomed themselves, few are strong enough to turn back until it is too late not only to alcohol but to drugs—opium, cocaine, Thankful as I am to have any hand in the cure of etc., which cause very rapid deterioration—says those thus victimized, I should be still more glad " that our results are very remarkable. Under any if I could do something toward \.\\q prevention of the circumstances," continues the doctor, "they would evil. be creditable, but when we consider that the Because our Maker has not endowed us with material upon which you work is such that it would that faculty which we see in the lower creatures, be rejected as hopeless by many other organizations, and which we call instinct—which makes the then your results are marvellously successful." mother know at once what is good for her young — There is no limit to the cases receive has intended our age we ; He clearly that higher intelligences many of them have been habitual drunkards for should take its place. And yet it seems that twenty-five years. Trouble or loneliness will people who take infinite trouble about their clothing, most frequently be found to have led to the their reading, and many other matters of less real formation of alcoholic habits, and, alas, the advice importance, are content to consume any food which of medical men too often must be held accountable. is offered them, provided it suits their palates, Perhaps some particulars as to the dailv routine without giving one thought to its properties, or in our Inebriate Homes may be of interest. its purity. Every patient is encouraged to work. Ladies, Indeed, the mere taste of their food appears " who have had servants to wait on them agree with to be the factor. I like " many all-important cheerfully to this arrangement, accepting it as part it is a sufficient reason for eating many harmful of the cure, which of course it is. A work-list is things. Now, the sense of taste, were it quite drawn up and revised v.eek by week, and on it each undepraved, either by heredity or by habit—would, inmate finds her own name with carefully chosen I think, be a safe guide. A hearty child chooses duties assigned for her during every section of the simple foods, and would never want tea, meat, day. strong flavourings, or intoxicants, unless deliberately There are of course, intervals for meals and taught to take them, or induced by curiosity to recreation, and the airy well-lighted work room is a imitate the habits of its elders. happy place, often enlivened by chorus and song, The chief hope of all Food Reformers lies with and full of the interest of learning how to do beau- the risins: generation. If parents can be induced tiful work beautifully. to bring up the children on a pure and simple fruit Everything combines to stimulate hope and and vegetable diet, and for their sakes to abolish all awaken right ambitions. Such mottoes will be that is harmful from the home, I think the need found on the walls, or in the women's possession, as for Inebriate Homes and all the other apparatus for " Be strong, and let thy heart take courage." rescuing the human wreck will diminish and finally " " Fight, trust, conquer ! You can ? disappear. "The selfish heart deserves the pain it feels. -* The Herald of the Golden Age. -* 109 traces the growth of luxury, beginning in a matter By the Way. so apparently small as food and the manner of its serving, and ending in the blaze of war throughout By MRS. HODGKINSON. " the land— Red ruin and the breaking up of Laws." "A city that is suffering from inflammation." This writes to ask me for the in which passage phrase, typically Platonic in its restraint, describes he some Greek advocates food- Cullom says sage the life of to-day so that no word need be added, reform. This is and I dreadfully vag;ue, though sermons might be preached on the text. It in effort to brains for two days the is cudgelled my difficult to quit this fascinating subject, but I remember what wise Greek had been one of our must pass on. pioneers. Finally, I decided that he must mean the famous in Plato's and even if passage Republic, A. B. X. writes: —"I love to read all you have to I am I am delighted to have the opportunity wrong say about Cancer and its causes and am deeply of those words I wish every quoting golden again. interested, for my sister is a sufferer. Her doctor has statesman were obliged to commit them to memory. no objection to her trying any reasonable system of Socrates is his views on the diet best developing diet which might relieve pain, and if a suggestion is suited to the needs of a Commonwealth. He says:— made I will submit it to him. Her appetite is very (the artizans) will live, I suppose, on barley and "They bad and we tempt it in vain." I was asked a similar wheat, baking cakes of the meal, and kneading loaves of the to this some time back. I flour. And spreading their excellent cakes on cleaii leaves, question Indeed often am. and their their they will make merry, they children, drinking And I cannot do better than repeat my former reply, one another's and not children wine, enjoying society, begetting for all the later information collected by The Herald beyond their means, through a prudent fear of poverty and war. the Golden what I said on "Glaukon here interrupted me, remarking: of Age only strengthens '"Apparently you describe your men as feasting without that occasion. their bread.' anything to relish Does it seem reasonable, with a " ' ' failing appetite True,' I said, I had forgotten. Of course they will have to give food which, indeed, would be difficult to something to relish their food: salt, no doubt, and oli\es and cheese, together with the country fare of boiled onions and assimilate even in full health and when taking active We will also set before them a dessert of cabbage. figs, peas exercise ? I have seen cases where it really and beans. roast the berries and beech nuts They may myrtle amounted to a kind of torture to force food upon the at the fire, taking wine with their fruit in moderation. And thus, and where I am convinced the passing their days in tranquillity and sound health, they will, in patient, bad results all live to an advanced probability, age.' outweighed any possible good. May not the failing Upon this Glaukon exclaimed, ' Why, Socrates, if you were appetite be nature's plea for a little peace and quiet ? founding a community of swine, this is how you would feed them.' " ' Dr. Keith in his useful book Fads of an How then,' said I, 'would you have them live, Glaukon?' George (" " ' ' In a civilized manner,' he replied. They ought to have Old Physician,") makes the following remarks. the dishes and dessert of a modern dinner.' " I had known that that the use of " ' long high living, is, wine good, I understand. Apparently we are considering Very and other stimulants and of strong animal food, aggravated in the growth, not of a city merely, but of a luxurious city. Now an extraordinary way all the symptoms arising from this terrible it to me that the we have described is the genuine, appears city desease (Cancer), while abstinence from these and the use of a and, so to speak, healthy city. But if you wish us also to con- light and sparing diet if it could not cure certainly relieved in a template a city that is suffering from inflammation, there is high degree the pain and irritability of the rendered the hinder us. shall then need of patient, nothing to We great quantities of the ' course local disease slower, and prolonged life, while it cattle for those who wish to eat them. Shall we not ? made it more tolerable to the very end. I know of no class of "'Of course we shall.' cases where the benefit that follows a of is so "'Then shall we not also need medical men to a much change living marked, and I am not sure that I know of in which the extent than under the former any greater regime?' is so diflicult to make whether the sufferer be rich " ' change or Yes, indeed.' poor. In the one case the relatives from the kindest motives take "'This country, then, which was formerly adequate to the every care that the doomed one shall want nothing that money support of its inhabitants, will now be too small, and adequate can supply, and in the other, kind friends and have a no Shall we so?' neighbours longer. say similar care for the whilst " ' poorer sufferer, most surgeons, Certainly,' of the nature of the all " ' thinking exhausting malady recommend Then must we not cut ourselves a slice of our neighbour's sorts of what are usually considered the richest and most territory if we are to have enough both for pasture and tillage? setting-up of meats and drinks, and trust to opiates and other While they will do the same to ours if they, like us, overstep the drugs to relieve the pain. own experience has led me to limit of necessaries.' My adopt a very different treatment to that which is certainly still "'It must inevitably be so, Socrates." ' followed as a and I have found that if a diet " ' " rule, proper is Will our next step be war, Glaukon, or how will it be? given there is little call for relief by opiates, and sometimes So it goes on. I wish I could quote the whole none at all." passage. Dr. Keith then instances various cases of malig- " ' We have traced,' says Socrates, ''the origin of nant disease. In one, milk was the only food for war to causes which are the most fruitful sources of two years. In another the patient lived chiefly on whatever evil befalls a State, either in its in a third oatmeal —and in all these " corporate grapes, gruel capacity or its individual members.' and others the benefit and lessening of pain were Among the mighty intellects of the world, Plato marked. The whole chapter is very well worth stands almost supreme. This was his deliberate reading. I have heard of more than one case where and reasoned opinion on the question of right feeding a very limited amount of proteid food, an abundance for national and individual good. It is given with of fruit, hot baths, etc., did much to reduce the the Socratic irony, no sledge-hammer blows, but suffering and other trials of the disease. clear distinct steps, upon which one foot is placed I may add that some excellent publications on surely after the other until the mind has climbed to this subject can be had from the offices of the Order the point where the finished argument lies outspread of the Golden Age, especially "The Cancer Scourge before it. Note the subtle smile with which he and How to Destroy it," by Dr. Robert Bell, (1/2 "A eood heart is better than all the beads in the world." no ^ The Herald of the Golden age. -». post free) which contains reliable dietetic advice for Speaking of butter-milk (and the same applies Cancer patients by this well known Cancer specialist. to skim milk) he says:— "Its nutritive value is considerable. It is as " a cheap source of proteid that butter-milk is chiefly Tortifer writes : — I know it is a latter-day of notice. There can be no that fad that the imagination controls the body, but deserving question here is a waste of a valuable food." surely you do not find it among responsible people. very F.R. will note the difference therefore in food You could not, I am sure, find the imagination value between cream and skim milk. do much work of that kind among the hard-headed North Country folk." M.F. writes to rebuke The Herald the Golden I firmly believe that the body lives by the — of mind, whether in animal or human being. But here Age as a croaker of all things in the world. He — us is an entertaining and, I believe, true story for says: "You are always telling we are no better than should be. is still Tortifer to lay to heart. It mis;ht easily be paralleled we But why? England and outdone by many well-substantiated cnses. mistress of the seas, still pursues her imperial des- and the roast beef of Old still seems In "A Journalist's Notebook," Mr. Frank F. tiny, England to its the food of a nation. More relates this amusing and significant story of hold own as staple great Where of ? the power of the imagination upon the health:— are those deplorable signs decay For I think be a deal worse." "A young civil servant in India, feeling worn out from my part things might great excessive heat, labour, and long hours, consulted a physician No doubt they might, and probably will be. This about his The doctor looked him over, examined symptoms. really is an advanced case of fatted content in the heart and and then 'I will write tn-morrow.' lungs, said, you midst of and Will M.F. read this "The next day he received a letter telling him that the signs portents. left lung was gone and his heart seriously affected, and passage from the Daily Mail and mark and learn? his business advising him to lose no time in adjusting affairs. Dr. Tredgold is no croaker. He is a very wise 'Of course you may live for weeks,' the letter said; 'but and practical ou would betier not leave important matters undecided." investigator. ^'Jaturally the young official was dismayed by such a prognosis, GLOOMY VIEWS OF A MEDICAL EXPERT. nothing less than a death warrant. Within twenty-four hours " That there is a distinct decline in the of the he was ha\ing difficulty with his respiration, and was seized vitality English and a sickliness, is the burden of a with an acute pain in the region of the heart. He took to his people growing article Dr. Tredgold in the number of the bed with the feeling that he would never rise from it. During grave by July Review. Dr. is an of the the night he became so much worse that his servant sent for Quarterly Tredgold authority highest on wan the the doc'or. reputation questions of Eugenics. He medical to the Royal Commission on the Feeble- minded. "'What on earth have you been doing to yourself?' expert" a fall in demanded the doctor. 'There were no indications of this He points out that while there has been the death- rate, Uiis is due to preventive medicine and no test of vitality. sort when I saw you yesterday.' It is my heart, I suppose,' " " It is a remarkable and fact," he that . . weakly answered the patient. 'Your heart !' repeated the important says, the rate for ilness has been steadily increasing for the physician. 'Your heart was all right yesterday.' 'My lungs, average two In the case of the Hearts of Oak then.' 'What is the matter with you, man? You do not seem past generations." Benefit the annual amount of sickness to have been drinking.' 'Your letter!' gasped the patient. Society average per member v\as i in In it had increased to 'You said I had only a few weeks to live.' 'Are you crazy?' 63 days 1901. 1910 The N itional rate rose said the doctor. 'I wrote you to take a few weeks' vacation 2'37 days. Deposit Friendly Society's froiD 2'92 days per member in 1900 to 3'34 in 1911. in the hills and you would be all right. " there has been a marked decline in the rate "For reply the patient drew the letter from under the Again, though ' of infant caused medical progress, the proportion bedclothes and handed it silently to the doctor. Heavens !' mortality, by ' of deaths due to innate constitutional defects is as high cried the latter, as he glanced at it. This was meant for to-day as it was five Even more serious as an another man! My assistant misplaced the letter.' The young thirty. years ago. indication of deterioration is the increase in the num. man at once sat up in bed and made a rapid recovery. And alarming her of insane. In it was in While what of the patient for whom the bad prognosis was 1859 36,762; 1911, 133,157. has increased cent., the certified insane have intended? Delighted with the report that a sojourn in the population 85 per increased 262 cent. In addition to these are uncertified bills would set him right, he started at once, and Rvo years by per lunatics and close on feeble-minded an later was alive and in fair health." 150,000 persons, making enormou.s total of 290,000 mentally affected people in England and Wales. " " F.R. writes— In the last issue of your most It is impossible to avoid the conclusion," says Dr. Tredgold, "that at present England and Wales contain ao useful Herald, is mention of the use of Nut Oil increasing number of people who are failing to adapt them- as a cosmetic. Would you in your next issue say selves to the exigencies of the times, who are not keeping pace what nut oil ? with the increasing demands which civilization entails, and who are deficient in the capacity to carry on the progress of the In the item of the article reference is previous nation and the race. It seems probable . . . that much made to the use of skim milk and the statement of the social and political unrest ... is also an expression of the same and mental and of is made that cream is not nourishing. May I ask increasing physical incapacity " a waning grit and independence." if this statement can be relied upon ? It is not too much to that our of The Nut Oil, I mentioned, is, I believe, the say ignorance the of is us into oil of cocoanuts. But it is sold as Nut Oil by Mr. principles right feeding leading will contend Shearn, Tottenham Court Road, W. I believe the gravest danger. For no one that and sanitation have not made enor- the maker is the well-known firm of Mapleton. general hygiene mous and in of this and side With regard to cream—although not entirely advances, yet spite side with it comes a like this of Dr. devoid of proteid (the tissue making quality in by report will their to food) it is almost so. It is said by Dr. Hutchison, Tredgold's. When people open eyes the of life ? the well-known authority on foods and their com- facts " : — I position, that "in a physiological sense cream is Weymouth writes notice you do not I tea for chiefly to be regarded as a fuel food. It is an easily advocate the use of tea. Now have taken digested but not an economical source of fat." years, very strong, and it has raised the question in "Want of care does us more harm than waat of knowledge." -* The Herald of the golden Age. -* III my mind, can tea be accountable for the headaches Christian Science & the Life. which I get pretty regularly once a fortnight. I Huipane should like to hear something, not quoted out of a our hearts out in love to the whole universe science book, but something practical, if you can go the of and our food give me such an experience." As thought killing wresting from the lower creation seems with It so happens that I can, for some time ago a incongruous the har that and man sent me his experiences on that very subject, irony envelops everyone everything. feel the infinite of our divine and I think them so valuable that they \Yill well bear We drawings own and wonder how it could ever be that God's repetition. He made the experiment to oblige a spirit friend of mine who was an inveterate tea drinker highest offspring should come to devour the more and who was in of this letter much helpless ones. consequence " The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof." impressed. K.M. wrote:— Shall \\e not choose out of that lavish fulness, food '*At your request, and having discontinued tea-drinking: for instinct with electricity, wholeness and fragrance, or I resumed it for a few It was made eight years so, days. rather than degrade the temple of God with the of the and I drank it at breakfast and in average strength flesh of murdered animals. the afternoon. The first day I had a feeling of lightness and sickening cruelly exhilaration, very marked, but nothing more than this. The The tiger may instinctively kill and glut itself with I had a of warmth a second day feeling and tingling, with its victims. Its body is so formed as to quickly get kind of burning and irritation about the palms of my hands, rid of the rapidly decaying flesh. But God's highest and in the afternoon I collapsed with an extremely bad ! /n's rise and he headache with hands and feet as cold as ice, and sickness creature Surely tastes above it, later in the evening. Next morning I had tea again for break- must take the lead in the evolution towards the fast and it was most at the time. I doubt if I refreshing highest. could have drunk anything else, for my tongue was furred and "The wolf and the lamb shall feed altogether I had a sensation as if I had been drugged. But in together," the afternoon the headache came on again worse than ever, and but not till the inhumanity of man be outgrown and some work to do the next I could having important day try he strikes that perfect note of love that shall lead the experiment no longer. It quite convinced me that tea i.s the lower creation out of the lower into a higher life. not for me whoever else it may suit. It was nearly three days before I felt myself again. I forgot to mention that on tfie The pains he metes out to the animals return to him the headache was a third day accompanied by good deal of again in the shape of sickness and disease. pain in the stomach." Mind should dominate certainly, but how few I could instance many more cases of singular attain to that dominion. The great majority are in results. With myself, not having drunk it for four- abject slavery to their bodies—the natural result of teen years, it brings on giddiness if I experiment. their tyranny over animals. The fleshly desire is When in the old days I drank it regularly, I was behind the appetite for a flesh diet, predominating conscious of no ill results from but I suffered from it, over the finer tastes. As Man rises out of his animal very frequent headaches. I wish doctors would desires his physical tastes will accurately respond. make more personal experiments than they do. If Are we willing to use our bodies for the purpose we attempt personal investigation, they say we are of transforming decomposing and often diseased flesh faddists. And yet one would think the results would into limb and muscle ? The beasts of prey are the conciliate their interests, for these experiments are scavengers of Nature. Shall Man stoop from his far more practical and interesting than those made high estate to slaughter innocent creatures with in the laboratory. strong maternal instincts, whose right to live, enjoy ^^' ^^ ^^^ and progress is almost equal to our own ? THE IDEAL DIET. It is noticeable that one who has learnt that it is impossible to love and kill at the same time, and Fruits should not be cooked, but eaten raw, and gives up the eating of flesh, becomes much more an stomach or combined with nuts. upon empty humane and tender in the treatment of all animals. ruins of their most valuable Cooking many The mercy shown to them makes his own heart richer. It will be found that the texture and properties. Liberty in eating must first be gained by the the general colouring of the skin will improve upon flesh eat but let spirit. Those who desire may it, this diet. The will become clear and complexion each who is in doubt ask of his own secret soul, put- the will become bright. eyes ting away all his preconceived ideas, and methinks the quiet voice of his own divine spirit will say "None Fruits exert a very cleansing and purif}ing effect shall hurt or destroy in all God's holy mountain." upon the system. Their medicinal value should For Love is the of the Law. omitted from consideration. a fruit- fulfilling not be Were Clara Turner. arian diet would nine- followed, humanity escape O* ti^ O* tenths of the ills from which it now suffers. This question of the prevention of disease by diet is a The Christmas Markets. important one. very and Hereward Carrington. fhe Christ is merciful, yet The shambles now with blood are wet. care for the life then on as ! If you ordinary go j'ou Killing for Christ's Mass God above, are, but if you want to live the life of Immortal Father of Pity and of Love, —the life that makes free—then blindness lead us Consciousness — you— Forgive our ; right must all unkindness and needless to say Butchery From heathen darkness to Thy light. E. F. M. be put away. L. A. Mallory. "When the fight bdgins within himself a man's worth something.'' 112 -r, The Herald of the Golden age. -* Novel Ways of Serving Vegetables. Announceinents. 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Miss Honor Morten, "The Ministry of I add some Women." with onion ; chop coarsely, chopped " Oct. 23rd, 3.30 p.m., Dr. Josiah Oldfield, How Food is parsley, pepper and salt, a few breadcrumbs and a Used in the Body." small of butter. Line with piece patty pans pastry, Oct. 30th, 3.30 p.m., 'Dr. Josiah Oldfield, "The Values of put a little of the mixture in each, cover with pastry various Foods. ' •' and bake till brown. Serve hot or cold. Nov. 6th, 3.30 p.m.. Captain Walter Carey, R.N., The Planes Haricot beans (large white runner are of Nature.' variety) " \ov. Dr. and its much nicer if used freshly gathered, than in their dry 13th, 3.30 p.m., Josiah Oldfield, Food, Effect on the Birth-rate." state are tender but little ; they quite and require " Xov. 20th, Mrs. Prevention better than excellent the 3.30 p.m., Earle, cooking, and make an dish plainly boiled, Cure." used for a sauce for cover- liquid being making parsley Xov. 27th, 3.30 p.m., "Cooked versus Uncooked Foods." ing them. 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It blends to perfection with other foods of a less nourishing character, and is extremely TEA, COFFEE, COCOA, OR CHOCOLATE digestible. It is far and awav Instantly available whenever needed by stirrini;- briskly in hot or cold watL-r. the best food-basis NO COOKING REQUIRED. Especially useful for Travellers by Sea or Land. instead of in meat, An excellent I'iLk-nie-up the Morning". A Refreshing Heverag^e at mid-day. ,is Ihousands, besides Mr. F^ustace Miles, have proved. Delicious after the Theatre Corrects Insomnia taken hot just before retiring^. .V cheaper, but less concentrated food, the Popular SERVED IN HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND CAFES, I'roteid Food, has recently been produced, and forms .111 admirable and economical addition to and may be obtained of all Chemists antl Stores nourishing in Sterilised Glass Bottles, at nun-llesh dishes. Is. 6d., 2s. 6d., :uhI lis. SAMPLE 111 either of these Foods, with Booklet " : I How to free. Write to Trial size on in — Begin," post free by post application : HORLICK'S MALTED MILK S« EUSTACE Co., ^—i MILES, SLOUGH, BUCKS, ENGLAND. j^kjTrjyl 40, Chandos Street, W.C., \ * '* Another in Food-Production. Triumph t u HUMANA" FOOTWEAR. These Boots, which have been produced specially SALFON to supply Humanitarians with Hygienic Footwear, A SUPREMELY INVIGORATING AND RENEWING are built entirely of vegetable substance, and contain Animal Matter FOOD-DRINK WITH UNIQUE REMEDIAL CHARAC- no whatever. TERISTICS AND A FINE CREAMY DISTINCTIVE FLAVOUR. SALFOX is Mot an imitation ot tea, coffee, or it itself as the anything; else ; stands by only real solution of a difficult dietetic problem. For it supplies the most essential elements of i\:>o^ in the form of A DELIGHTFULLY APPETISING NON- POISONOUS FOOD-DRINK—AT LAST ! .SALFON' does not clog and constipate like cocoa, nor injure disfestion and Tierves like tea and coffee. On the contrary it gives the system the priceless alkaline elements for lack of which so many people endure ill-health in one form or another. No one can form a fair estimate of this unique product who has not tested it. We offer Full and highly interesting particulars, with FREE SAMPLE, post free, to Golden Age readers. The SANUM A. INSTITUTE, Ltd., 59, Edgware Road, Hyde Park, W. Invigorates without Re-action. -> N cr >-^l SALON OF HEALTH COOKERY AND HUMANITARIAN BUREAU, Principal : 218, Brompton Road, London, S.W . Miss L. SMITH •»/""»" 1- O.G.A. I {Certificated Gold J/cdn/ist] i /-IKST FLOOR J. g -.i) PRICE LIST OF "W PURE COOKED FOODS FUR SUBSTITUTES Orders by post receive prompt attention. FOR HUMANITARIANS. Raised Pies each Galantines (various) 6 per lb. Mocl( Chicken Cutlets per dozen. Lentil and Potato Cutlets ... Luncheon Sausage Rolls Nut Cutlets (variousi Mushroom Patties 6 Haricot Bean Cutlets Lentil Cutlets ., Tomato Cutlets ,, American Corn Fritters 6 ., Croutes a la Valencia ., Mock White Fish Cutlets ., Mock Hake Steaks ., Egg Cutlets Macaroni Cheese Rissoles ... Salted Almonds per lb. In Broadtail, Musquash, Mole, Persian Cheese Straws 4 per bundle Lamb and Caracul. Whole Meal Scones 6 per dozen. Iced Cakes from I 6 each. Indistinguishable from real fur. Made in Plain and Fancy Cakes, etc., etc., made to order. Uncooked Dishes a Speciality, Ties, Stoles, Muffs, Coats, &c. Orders of 5 - upw/ards carriage paid. Prices from 10/6. HOME MADE XMAS PUDDINGS TO ORDER. Full particulars on application to the Principal. 1-lb, 2-lb., 1 10 ; 3-Ib., Extra). , 1/-: 2/9 (Postag-e ^. -.f> The ne^v i fCfl GOOD aCCTi A 5.1c t5 'luliLli/// , crop of Ask best f»r Snglisk them groxmt •zvkeat Common Sense Models at I /s no^v yout used in Fcr Ladies, Gentlemen and CiiUdren are Stores ;$^g^ ; or •IXION' I lasted to the Natural Shape of the Foot order '.vhole and have an almost straight inside edge ivheat direct. Flotir Tt. They combine the Fit. Appearance Samples, from *''* and Wearing Qualities of high-class etc.. tvh ich Footwear sold at sent ' Kontules' Bespoke double their Post and the price. free various for kinds of Th:^ EuoT :- n..icie in 4 toes and in i2 'IXION' different sizes, hail- 4d. sizes and stamps. Biscuits fittings. are made. 3ne piece Golosh wirhcut Side Seams RISE OF THE WHOLEMEAL BISCUIT THE Po.s.^ Glace BOOT. and comfort- favnur is a c.ioU GENTS higti-grade Light and eepeciallv ol "Iiion" Biscuits iiit" pi-i'iilar sign of tlie limes. ''-^f- able for ualkinti. L'ut \ try strong and durable. There is a greai deoiand for wliole:iie:il bread and so-called standard bread just now but BISCUITS ARE BETTER THAN BREAD. WE ARE NO MORE DISTANT THAN YOUR NEAREST LETTER BOX The wise Food Reformer prefers the wholemeal biscuit to bread because tbey not induce tbe Two Million Customers throughout the Empire. only give much needed wink t" the teeth but How nf saliva and so assist the digestive organs ino^c materially. " IXION" BISCUITS are made from the finest wheat most finely ground by mtr own stone Oiills. NATURE FORM FOOTWEAR They are altogether free from yeast and all chemical adulterants and preserva- For CHILDREN tives (inclU'lliiir salt). An ideal Shoe lor growing Children. are ideal food (or growing chil>iivn. as they contain everything needed for fhey allowing to the toot its esscotiitl biine. muscle and nerve. Tliey are mafie in a variety of forms suitable good blood, natural freedom. The uppers for Invaliiis and healthy alike. The following may he obtained at all Health Fooii are ver^' soft and pliable, but Stores, or will he sent direct at prices qnoteii. the Shoe is a particu- •IXION* WHOLE WHEAT BISCUITS. lUch in protelds. ami the valuable phos- - larly durable one. phates of the wlieat. 7 !hs. 3 3- U lbs. 5 6, 28 lbs. 10 carriage paid. 'IXION' SHORT BREAD BISCl ITS. (k delicate flavour and superlative nutrieni Cash with or-let. Goods falue. combined with easv nntsricaiiun. 7 lbs. 4'-, Mibs. 7,-, 28 lbs. 13 -. carr. paid. lost free. wiilingly exchanged or money BISCL'ITS. Most and nutritious. Sizes 4, ^. 6, 3 'IXION' DIGESTIVE agreeable, digestive rcfundeil if not approved. - 7 lbs. 4 -. 14 lbs. 7 -. 28 lbs. 13 carriage paid. i IV. ;-'.r -:te'i I,iit free on .. Ti. . 4 HA KORNULES is not a pre-digested looO. but a real nalui-al food, perfectly prepare i:c pige application lo i2."i;. - for easy digestion and assimilation. 7 per dozen packets, 3 6 per half dozen, paid. carriage * from * IXION WHOLE WHEAT which is All our specialities are made FLOUR, LENN4RDS, Limited ground in the old-fashioned way by null stones. For delicacy of flavour there is iLoNOo-. Bristol LEiCEST£^, to with It. If used instead of white flour it will nourish the aothlDg compare Northampton. aud keep it regulated In every way, curing indigestion an-i preventing system and nearly 2o WRIGHT & Co. (Liverpool) Ltd., Vulcan St. IVIIIIs. LIVERPOOL. " the (wuldt- Wkt'fi nnsT', advertisements please mention Tht Jlcruhi 0/ a- For COMFORT ANb HEALTH visit the =^ ^- -n Ca.'feei'ha.m Sa.rti-fc£ivium a.ncl THE ^xAvr&y Hills Hyclro|3a.-fchic. Stanborough Park Sanitarium. The Sanitarium nestles in fifty acres of beautiful park grounds, adorned with magnificent trees, and commanding extensive views of the choicest part of Hertfordshire. 7"he situation is an ideal one for a Home of Health, and the premises have been modelled SANITARIUM Js conducted on the same lines as the well- THIS througfhout on the latest and best ideas of sanitation known Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, U.S.A. The same and rational methods of treatment are employed, and the same aaturaj hygiene. system of Fruitarian diet, Baths, Massage, etc., is followed. The Sanitarium is to as The HYDRO is delightfully situated among the beautiful hills ot open everyone, guests well Surrey, with an elevation of 450 feet. The air is clear and bracing, and as patients. Every class of Physical disorder is the water soft and exquisitely pure. Telephone: 88. Caterham. and treated, excepting tuberculosis and infectious cases. For further particulars free booklet. Address ; " Telegraphic The I\'ature and Cttre to the of Disease," apfly "Hydro," Caterham. Rheumatism, arthritis, digestive disorders, nervous HYDRO, CATERHAM, SURREY. prostration, are all most eifectively treated by the combined use of electricity and hydropathy, and the ^ -sy is for Sanitarium thoroughly equipped administering these powerful remedies. The diet is a non-fiesh one, based To Rest and Recuperate Quickly visit upon sound, scientific principles. All possible pains will be taken to teach patients The LEICESTER how they may maintain themselves in improved SANITARIUM, health on their return home. 82, REGENT ROAD, LEICESTER. Telegramt: "SANITARIUM. LEICESTER." Telephone: No. 4542. Address all communications to the Manager— Readers of The Herald of the Golden Age will appreciate STANBOROUGH PARK SANITARIUM, the following unique advantages and facilities: WATFORD, HERTS. All the comforts of a well regulated and furnished home. splendidly Music. A good Library. i/lr -^ Association with those of Reform Ideas. A -arell-spread table of «;holesome, conserva- tively cooked Foods, Fruits, Nuts and Dairy Products -n of best quality and variety. LEICESTER "HYDRO-HOME/ Most elaborate and complete equipment of MUSEUM SQUARE I (Established 1880). Radiant Heat, Hydropathic, Electrical & Yibratory Apparatus. A fully qualified and competent Staff of Nurses. Facilities for "Rest" and other "Cures." n D ti Special system of treatment and physical culture HYDRO for health and the acquirement of grace and beauty 'ftt. tit of form. A welcome to vi:EtMiiM^ffla— hearty anyone requiring help . -:; in recovering health or gaining a knowledge of healthful living by "KINO cunK:." The Wm. RHEUMATISM, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, CEREBRONITIS, PARALYSIS Proprietor— MITCHELL SCOTT, VERTIGO, MEDICATED, ELECTRIC BATHS, MASSAGE, SALINE, ACID, OLIVE OIL AND MUSTARD PACKS. Prom wh*m Illustrated Descriptive Booklet may be obtained. PROF. TIMSON, F.B.P S., LONDON (Incorporated PhrenoloBlst), BRAIN, NERVE AND MENTAL SPECIALIST. MADAME TIMSON'S LADIES' ADVICE FREE. Testimonials and /ot Stamp. OPEN ALL THE YEAR. -n ProsJ'ectus yi ^ THE FIRST NATURE CURE IN ENGLAND, BROADLANDS, MEDSTEAD, HANTS ANCIENT HINDU ETHOD, feet. (Altitude 500 Pure, bracing air and beautiful country). One Hour and Forty Minutes from Waterloo, HEAkING CENTRE. AN IDEAL HOLIDAY FOR TIRED WITH PEOPLE, OR iROTHER RAMANAN.DA Interviews Daily by Appoint.mbnt. WITHOUT TREATMENT. * DENBIGH BELGRAVE S.W. Par-Feet Conditions for Rest Cure. 46, ST., RD., LONDON, Sun, Air, Water, and Vapour Baths. Thone, 2878 Victoria. Distant Healing. Non-Flesli Diet. Air Chalets heated night and day in Poor Welcome. SISTER SITA in atte.ndance. winter. I'hysical Culture and Massage. For Illustrated Prospectus apply IManager, *-^ ^* %- -^ EYESIGHT /^AREFULLv TfiSTED and at Prices. MANNA The S.E. Spectacles supplied Hospital MEAD, Grove, BLACKHEATH, ^ Recommended by Dr. T. R. ALLINSON. Promised Results GUARANTEED. L. ,E. SINGER, .24, Makylebonb Road. N.W. PRIVATE RESIDENCE. Patients, Convalescent, (next Baker Street Station, to WELL-APPOINTEDor others requiring: Rest or Change. Metropolitan Railway). 3 7 (Fridays and at recommended. Fine Views. excepted), 84, Kennington Park Road, S.E. (opposite Highly High Ground. Gravel Soil. " " KennintOQ Station, C.and S.L.K.), 11 till t daily, or by appoiutment. Exercises, Swedish, Massaoe, Etc. Proipectus on apflication. *«« i»»^» " When auiwering advertisements please mention The Herald 0/ the Golden Age." nnn= ==naa« ^ ANSTEY PHYSICAL TRAINING COLLEGE, ^ Chester Road, ERDINQTON. Swedish Educational Gymnastics, Folk Dances and Gyntnasium Games. Classical and Artistic Dancing. Voice Production. Swimming and Out-Door Games. Remedial Gymnastics and Massage. Tfu Ctlltge ^ers a full pro/esiional training f$r girls seeking a use/ul and n attractive calling Send /or Prospectus, D n a Mnnn= nnoM 1.0SCHWITZ near DRESDEN. COOMBE HILL SCHOOL, DR. MOLLER'S SANATORIUM, KINGS LANGLEY PRIORY, HERTS. The Famous SCHROTH DIET TREATMENT A BOARDING ANU DAY SCHOOL Disorders, For Rheumatism, Gout, Nervous Dyspepsia, Anaemia, etc. Best . . FOR BOYS AXD GIRLS. . . Medical Attention. Ideal Surroundings. Moderate Terms. In addition to a thorough general equipment, the Special Aims are— Full particulars and a comprehensive treatise oa above allinents post free _ The Cl'LTlVATIOK of Physical Health by means of an outdoor life in ideal on application. surroundings, and by well-studied dietary. The Development op Faculty by a careful adaptation of method to individual requirements, and by due attention to practical work and to the formation of Correct Mental Habits. For Prospectus apply — Miss CLARK. In Sunny South of France. SOLLERSHOT PREPARATORY SCHOOL SEA KINDERGARTEN (Child Garden). RIVIERA. (MEDITERRANEAN COAST). AND DOMAINE DE SAUNIER Letchworth Garden Cityi Herts. AT LA CROIX (VAR). Health Home for Boys and Girls of all ages whose parents desire, in addition A to careful education, an Air Lite and a and Healthful NATURE CURE. VEGETARIAN Open Hygienic RESIDENCE. Dietarj- for their children, under the able supervision of a fully qualified nurse and certificated teacher with ten years' experience of all-round tuition. and Winter Station. Perfect Beautiful Summer Country Life. The training oi each child is given individual attention, and includes situation in Magnificent up-country, amongst pine forests. Pure air, cultivation of physical health and stamina, the development of faculty and and laden with ozone. free from dust, Sun and Air Baths. intuition, and the formation of sound mental and physical habits. Piano, Sea and Steam Baths, etc. dancing, swimming, old English games, gardening. Slothers' and Children's Nurses trained and supplied. Terms (including sun-bath and cold water baths) from 4/- to 6,6 daily. Helps Full particulars and prospectus on apoUcation to the Principal : — Address:— MR. & MISS LALLA. Mrs. OQDEN. "ASHUET" SCHOOU-HOME. Stanford-le-Hope, ESSEX. NURSE STARTUP. District. Reformed Diet. Individual Instruction. Thorough Educa- IVIeciicEil, Surs'ica.la Healthytion Careful Preparation for PubUc Schools and Colleges. Cricket, Football, Swimming, etc. CECIL M. B.A. (Cambs.) CERTIFIED MIDWIFE, C.M.B. For Prospectus, apply: Rev. BAYLISS, CERTIFICATED MASSEUSE (Special Colonic Treatment), SWITZERLAND. VEGETARIAN. CLARENS-MONTREUX, x^e:s fouge:re:s. 62| Balcombe Street, Dorset Square, N.W. home school for younger girls and boys. Home Perfect Climate; facilities for learning French NURSE PHII.LIPS, EngUsh Life; Special and German ; Music. Medical and Surgical Nurse, Certified Midwife, Limited number of Pupils. Individual Care and Instruction. Terms. Rav'ens Croft, Hor.nchurch, Liberal Table. Moderate For detailed particulars, write Mrs. GREEN. Wallaceite and Food Reformer. ^t^m^»^i^^^P*t^m^»^^^t^\*^^^»'m MARY LETTS, Certificated King's College Hospital and FOOD. RURE OLIVE OIL. MEDICINE. NURSECentral Midwives Bo.ird. The 'MEDE-LOIS* Brand is the Finest and stiil stands LNEOIALLED. Fees Moderate. Higfhest Testimonials. taken Neal the weakest stomach without any fearot Repeating. Maybe by " like it before." Food says : 1 have never tasted anything 47. THE GROVE, HAMMERSMITH, \V. Analyst Cuslomers :— " We find your 'MEDE-LOIS' pure olive oil excellent." ' The only olive oil I have yet found possible to take neat."' - all o( the United RHEUMATISM and ACID Bottles, 2 and 3,4. carriage paid to parts Kingdem, For GOUT, ARTHRITIS, DYSPEPSIA. Terms. Cash with order. Sample Bottles. 4d. and 6d. post free. Sendfor 6d. Sample aridjudge its excellent quality and deliciousflavour. of Treatment. Natural N. A New Method Only means used. GEORGE CLAYTO.N. 41. St. Andrew's Rd , Enfield, LONDON, Patients visited in London aod Neighbourhood. References to well-known * Specialists. Reformed and uncooked Diets organised and prepared. "" :—CLARA BUCK (Certified Masseuse), Birdhurst Rd., S. Croydon. Apply 56, OL.iVE Oil.. THEODORA A. DAVIS, Professor of Singing and Speaking: EaEasy IMPORTANT ITALIAN FIRM seeks to establish connections in MISS Use of the Voice ; and Expressive Breathing: Development?Iopment for HealHealth Britain for of absolutely PUKE OIL at very low prices Culture. Disposal Consultation Free on -urritten : — Application quoted per ton or carg^o. The Studjo, 209, Adelaide Road, N.W. Write—Principal, Bureau of Translators, Docks, Cardiff. AND WRITERS send your work to the LITERARY AUTHORSWRITERS' BUREAU, who will place, if worth placing, Stories, Articles, Poems, Picture Plays, etc. APPLESlTi — " APPLES! APPLES!! Prospectus free : Li.vGFiELD," Gernon Road, Letchworth, Herts. Buy Sound Hand-picked Fruit direct from Orchards MACHINE-KNITTED ARTICI-ESl and save middleman's profits. — Non-Returnaele Bo.xes. Carruge Paid. Cash with Ordek. Every Description Made to Order. Miss ELSIE NEUMAN, Sweet Blenheim ... 4/- 28 lbs.; 7/- 56 lbs. OF 103, FiNBOROUGH Road, Earl's Col'rt, S.W. Morgan Sweet, Lord Suffield 4 6 „ 8,- „ lO - \\'arncr's Kine ... — 5 6 ,. ,, Special Quotations for regrular -.leekty consignments. PRICE LIST. IMRORTANT AN NOUNCEIVIENT. ASK FOR complete NORMAN MacGREGOR, 17, Curry Biwol, SOMERSET. Correspondence Lessons in the Special must be OUSEKEEPER required for Vegetarian Open-Air Sanatorium ; Methods. I Nature Cure H strong and energetic,energ_^.w. —and in sympathy with STUDY OF ASTROLOGY by Alan Leo. lowest and Nu^^ing ""iExperience desirableauic. Applv. statiig salary previous for full of these to :— ;'fa „ I' c D • London. S.W. Send particulars unique Lessons, xperience to:— K.E..15., 18, Earls Court SguARe. THE SECRETARY LESSONS DEPARTMENT, Sanatoriun stating age, wages Modern Astrologiy Office. Imperial Building'Si kOOK required for Vegetarian Apply, ' and to:— Ludg:ate Circus. LONDON. E.C. previous experience Manager, Broadlands Sanatorium, Meadstead, Hants. " When answering advertisements please mention The Herald of the Golden AgeJ** London Hotels. Reformed Diet Is procurame at these Popular & Central SUNNY FELIXSTOWE, "STONELEIGH," 'COBBOLD ROAD. Near the British Museum. Opposite the British Museum. HOME.—Board Residence with Comforts of Home. Near to KINGSLEY HOTEL THACKERAY HOTEL HEALTH Station, Sea and Town. Patients or Visitors. Hart St. Bloomsbury Square, Great Russell Street, Reform Food Non-Flesh Diet. the Macfaddcn LONDON. LONDON. NURSE THORPE. Qualified Masseuse, &c., late Matron of and of Health Home, Orchard-Leigh, Chesham, Bucks ; and well Temperance Hotels have Passenger Lifts large appointed Dr. Allinson's Hygienic Hospital, London. These on floor. Lounges, and spacious Dining, Drawing, and Bathrooms every Terms Moderate. — Prospectus an application. Writing, Reading, Billiakd and Smoking Rooms. Perfect Sanitation. Fireproof Floors. Telephone. Night Porters. Bedroom, Attendance, & Table D'Hole Breakfast (Single), from 6/6 to 7/6 CHELTENHAM Table D'Hote Dinner, Six Courses, 3/- (SNOWDON, LONDON ROAD). Full Tariff and Testimonials on at't>lication. GUEST HOUSE. Five Miles from Kingsley Hotel— " Bookcraft, VVestcent, Lonpon." FOOD-REFORIVI Centre of Town. Telegraphic! _^ London. near Cotswolds. Addresses 1 Thackeray Hotel—"Thackeray, Westcent, Good Cycling, GoU, and Charming Walks ; and Kindred Dally Concerts. Good Theatre. Lectures on Theosophy Subjects at Snowdon. When = TPPMS MODERATE. MISS BARDSLEY. SURREY. in the City A PAYING GUEST would be received in well appointed Private You SHOULD Lunch, Dine House, Surrey Hills. Large Garden. Fruitarian (Wallaceite). . OR TAKE Tea at the . Inclusive Terms, 35/- FOOD REFORM RESTAURANT The LIGHTHOUSE, Church Hill, Caterham. accom- Furnival HOLBORN, E.G. Seating 2 & 3, Street, modation for Gray's Inn Road). (Nearly opposite over 300. BOARD RESIDENCE AND APARTMENTS. The Restaurant has just been built, and Rooms to let for is the most complete and up-to-date Afternoon and Mrs. K. M. CLOWSER, Meet- " Havelock in the Vegetarian Movement. Teas Evening DoMUM," 7, Road, on reason- of value offered from 3.30 ings West Marlands, Southampton. exceptional able terms. until 8. Terms on Application. The Simple Li-Pe in COTSV^fOUD HlkUS. —^ FOOD REFORM HOLIDAY HOME. ±own and London /nn FEET above Sea Level. Delightful Scenery Woods. in but oUU Guests. You may not be able to get a sun-bath Cheapside, you Invigorating Air. Vacancy for two permanent non-flesh Luncheon at the can get a simple-life, pure-food, Luncheon balanced in food-value, Home Restaurant—a Apply, Prospectus- -t.iiss F. M. KIDD, served in restful appealing to eye and palate, attractively GLOUCESTERSHIRE. — in PiTCHCOMBE, NR. StROUD, unpretentious surroundings an object-lesson sensible reform (or non-flesh) dietary. of Special thought and care are given to the preparation both Fruit and Vegetable Salads, with Flaked Nuts arid Unfcrmented fine wholemeal Bread is made N Cereals. so as to retain daily. The cooked Dishes are prepared the natural juices and salts. WINTER RESORT. MILD CLIMATEs — THENote theHOMEAddress RESTAURANT, SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GATHERING. Beautifully Situated. Sea, and Country Walks. Food Reform. Late Dinner, 31, Friday Street, LONDON, :: E.G. Well recommended. Prospectus and Photos on application. (Between Cannon Street and Queen Victoria Street*. Mrs. BARNETT, Penlee, nr. Dartmouth, Devon. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. ESTABLISHED 1897. SOUTH PORT. FOOD REFORM PENSION, HYGEIA HOUSE SEA VIEW, 3, ALBANY ROAD. VEGETARIAN BOARDINQ ESTABLISHMENT, Position, close to Sea, Promenade, Hesketh Park, and Golf Links, Good Prospectus on application to the Misses GODBOLD. 37-39, WARRINGTON CRESCENT, MAIDA VAL.E, LONDON, W. CORN\/VAI.U "Belvido' Cocks, Perranportht TABLES. Mr. & Mrs. J. H. TREOELLES, LATE DINNER, 7 P.M. I SEPARATE Enlarged to 40 Rooms. HOME; Vegetarian Diet; Cooked or Uncooked; Sea Conveniently situated in the Healthiest part of London. COMFORTABLEand Country; Bracing. Station, one mile; miles. Beach, Cliffs, Sandhills, and Natural Rock Arches ij J'ls.s. Garden PUPILS Life. Modern Sanitation. Proprietress— WILKINSON. Sleeping out. Air and Vapour Baths. taken, Simple UONDON. SUNNY SOUTH COAST HEALTH RESORT, Voeotarian Boarding: House, Benares House, 17, Norfolk Terrace, BRIGHTON. 19, Norland Square, Holland Park, W. Waluice and E. M. Diets given if desired. FOOD REFORM BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT. References. Proprietresses—The Misses BLACKMORE. HIGH-CLASSHot and Cold Water in every Bedroom. 3 good Reception Rooms. Charmingly Situated. Garden. Central. Near Sea. Inclusive Terms, Ij to 2J Guineas weekly. BOURNEMOUTH. Proprietors-MR. and MRS. MASSINGHAM. Loughtonhurst, West Cliff Gardens. seeking REST or CHANGE at this delightful Winter and FEUIXSTOVITE. FRUITARIANSSummer Resort, will find all the Comforts of Home, either as Boarders or is situated and the Terms are best in this Resort. in Private Apartments. The house beautifully 'IBSONS HYGIENIC PRIVATE HOTEL, Charming moderate. House re-decorated and enlarged. Spacious Recreation Room. y Terms moderate. Mrs. HUME (nie HUTTEMAN) Telephone 77. Telegrams : Gibsons, Felixstowe. HOVE EDINBURGH. (BRIGHTON). • Seafield Mis» FORBES caters for Vegetarians Street. Aberdeen House, 32, Rd., Catered for at 14, East Claremont Board Residence, Close to Sea. Food Reeokmhrs at Separate Table. Moderate, Recommended. Board-Residence (Recommended). " Herald Ihe Golden When answering advertisemenls please menlivn The of Age." ISL.E OP MAN. nnnaannnaannaaEiOQDaDannnnDnDnnnnnnDnnna DOUCUAS, nn nn APARTMENTS, WITH OR WITHOUT BOARD. With Vegetarian Family, in Comfortable House, Facing Sea and \ "Wde (Communion of Saints." g Headlands. One minute from Promenade Terms Moderate. a a ** Then—from between the Wardens of the Gates Mrs. DENNY, "Creg Malin," Summer Hill. g flowed forth the Helpers and the Guardians, [seeking their Beloved. '* "POMONA." this ARROGATE, n , Copies of beautiful Picture can be obtained on 13 31, HARLOW MOOR DRIVE, letter H application, by only, froin ; — § DEFORM FOOD BOARDING HOUSE, situated in the healthioet nti MRS. CLAUD Marloes part of Harrogate, facing the Moors, within easy distance of SCOTT, 51a, Road, g Pump Room, Baths, Kursaal, X'aJley Gardens, etc. ° Ken.ington, LONDON, W. Terms : From to to season. j g 25- 35'- according n Manageress.--Mrs. WHITEAKER. nBn^ - n am u SUNNY UERSEY. ni Signed Artist's Proof, One Guinea. n SUMMER OR WINTER HOME, near Sea, Station, and Hot U% Unsigned Proof, 10/6. Prints, 5/- g IDEAL Sea Baths. Comfortable Rooms, Bath (H. and C.) ai ======——-=—-=^-==— n E:icellent Cooking on Ordinary or Food-Reform lines. Nursing Experience- nfl a 25'- weekly. nU a U One quarter of the net proceeds is kindly donated by the Chelsea House, Don Road. ; S i Artist to the Funds of the O.G.A. 5 nn nn WORKS annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnDciDnannnnannanannannaH By ALEXANDER HAIG, M.D. and Freedom Mental and Evolu- Truth, Strength ; or, Spiritual nn— = :nnn« tion. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt, is. Life and Food. Demy 8vo. 20 pp., price 3d. 20 6d. net. Science : or the Rule of Mind. pp.. price g XMAS HAMPERS g The Parting of the Ways. Commended by Tolstoy. Price 6d. net. is. Notes on Diet. Price. 12 copies. 6d.; 25, IS.; 50, 6d. ; 100, 2s. 6d. net. 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